mouseup/mouseDoubleU

[Jim Lambert]

On Feb 1, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Craig wrote:

> If you have this in a button script:
> 
> on mouseUp
>    put "single"
>    wait 15
>    put "" --just to see it work
> end mouseup
> 
> on mouseDoubleUp
>    put "double"
>    wait 15
>    put "" --just to see it work
> end mouseDoubleUp
> 
> you can get all sorts of behaviors if you click at various rates. Sometimes 
> you even get what you want, that is, a single response to a double click. 
> This takes practice and luck, though, and that seems contrary to clean, 
> robust programming methodology.
> 
> Jim, can you elaborate on your idea of passing mouseup? How and where would 
> you do that?
> 
> 

I was guessing that trapping a single mouseUp might affect the doubleUp. But it doesn't. So ignore that suggestion!

When I try this without any 'waits':

on mouseUp
   put cr & "single" after msg
end mouseup

on mouseDoubleUp
      put cr & "double" after msg
end mouseDoubleUp


I get the expected output. The mouseUp is always triggered. The mouseDoubleUp only triggers if I meet the doubleclickinterval and doubleclickdelta as Peter noted.

Jim Lambert