Selected object "boxes"

[DunbarX at aol.com]

These two handlers can be put into the script of any object. It is no big 
deal; very straighforward. The commented lines refer to a small btn called 
"handle" which I originally had to indicate exactly what you don't want to 
see. The handler can certainly be modified and put in the card script to work 
on any object. I originally made this to test which messages seemed to be 
best suited for the task, like "mouseWithin", "mouseMove" and "mouseStillDown". 
This is the "mouseDown" version.

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on mouseDown
    repeat while the mouse is down
       --show btn "handle"
       put the rect of me into tRect
       put whichCorner(the mouseloc,tRect) into tCorner
       switch
          case tcorner = "TR"
             set the rect of me to   item 1 of tRect & "," & item 2 of the 
mouseLoc & "," & item 1 of the mouseLoc & "," & item 4 of tRect
             --set the loc of   btn "handle" to item 3 of the rect of me & 
"," & item 2 of the rect of me
             break
          case tcorner = "TL"
             set the rect of me to   item 1 of the mouseLoc   & "," & item 
2 of the mouseLoc & "," & item 3 of tRect & "," & item 4 of tRect
             --set the loc of   btn "handle" to item 1 of the rect of me & 
"," & item 2 of the rect of me
             break
          case tcorner = "BL"
             set the rect of me to   item 1 of the the mouseLoc   & "," & 
item 2 of   tRect & "," & item 3 of   tRect & "," & item 2 of the mouseLoc
             --set the loc of   btn "handle" to item 1 of the rect of me & 
"," & item 4 of the rect of me
             break
          case tcorner = "BR"
             set the rect of me to   item 1 of   tRect   & "," & item 2 of 
tRect & "," & item 1 of the mouseLoc & "," & item 2 of the mouseLoc
             --set the loc of   btn "handle" to item 3 of the rect of me & 
"," & item 4 of the rect of me
             break
       end Switch
    end repeat
    hide btn "handle"
end mouseDown

function whichCorner mLoc,tRect
    switch 
       case abs(item 2 of mLoc - item 2 of tRect) < 15 and abs(item 1 of 
mLoc - item 3 of tRect) < 15 
          return TR
          break
       case abs(item 1 of mLoc - item 1 of tRect) < 15 and abs(item 2 of 
mLoc - item 2 of tRect) < 15 
          return TL
          break
       case abs(item 1 of mLoc - item 1 of tRect) < 15 and abs(item 2 of 
mLoc - item 4 of tRect) < 15 
          return BL
          break
       case abs(item 1 of mLoc - item 3 of tRect) < 15 and abs(item 2 of 
mLoc - item 4 of tRect) < 15 
          return BR
          break
    end switch
end whichCorner