Reliable Custom Window Dragging in LC7?

[Mike Bonner]

Ah, I see what you mean.  If I stumble onto something that works reliably
i'll post, but its not likely.

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 12:45 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Yes, dragging can work by itself.
>
> But create a new untitled stack in the IDE.  Click between between the new
> stack and the windowShaped stack and drag them around.  Over here, when
> clicking on the windowShaped stack after the standard stack, there is a
> delay while the window becomes active, and then dragging is thrown way
> off, depending on how fast you drag.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
>
>
>
> On 8/8/15, 11:24 PM, "Mike Bonner" <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Just tried it here, this old script seems to work fine for me 7.0.6..
> >
> >
> http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4071/l/6867-how-to-make-a-stack-with-a-window-
> >shape
> ><-- source
> >
> >Sorry if you've already tried this method.
> >
> >*local* sgDragging, sgLeftOffset, sgTopOffset
> >
> >*on* mouseDown
> >    *put* item 1 of the mouseLoc into sgLeftOffset
> >    *put* item 2 of the mouseLoc into sgTopOffset
> >    *put* true into sgDragging
> >*end* mouseDown
> >
> >*on* mouseMove
> >    *lock* screen
> >    *if* sgDragging is true *then*
> >        *set* the left of this stack to item 1 of globalloc(the mouseLoc)
> >-
> >sgLeftOffset
> >
> >        *set* the top of this stack to item 2 of globalloc(the mouseLoc) -
> >sgTopOffset
> >    *end* *if*
> >    *unlock* screen
> >*end* mouseMove
> >
> >*on* mouseRelease
> >    *put* false into sgDragging
> >*end* mouseRelease
> >
> >*on* mouseUp
> >    *put* false into sgDragging
> >*end* mouseUp
> >
> >On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All:
> >>
> >> Is anyone still making custom-shaped stacks out there that use scripts
> >>to
> >> manage window dragging?
> >>
> >> I've noticed for some time now that custom window drag routines which
> >>used
> >> to work in all past versions of LiveCode now seem to be ineffective in
> >> LC7.  For example, if you have a couple of stacks with custom
> >>windowShapes
> >> and click/drag to reposition them, it takes LiveCode several cycles to
> >> make the window active and catch up with the cursor position.  And when
> >> the stack finally starts moving, it's position is way off from where the
> >> click first occurred on the stack.
> >>
> >> To work around this problem, I figured out a new dragging routine that
> >> seems to work pretty reliably, but it relies on some tactics that have
> >> been discouraged in the past, such tracking the screenMouseLoc and
> >>polling
> >> the mouse state.  Here's the script I'm using (applied using a
> >>behavior):
> >>
> >> local mLoc
> >>
> >> before mouseDown
> >>    trackDrag
> >> end mouseDown
> >>
> >> command trackDrag
> >>    repeat while the mouse is "down"
> >>       put the screenMouseLoc into SML
> >>       set topLeft of this stack to item 1 of SML - item 1 of mLoc,\
> >>       item 2 of SML - item 2 of mLoc
> >>    end repeat
> >> end trackDrag
> >>
> >> before mouseMove X,Y
> >>    put X,Y into mLoc
> >>    pass mouseMove
> >> end mouseMove
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I know there aren't a ton of people building stacks with custom
> >> windowShapes and appearances out there.  And while the above has been
> >> working for me for a while now, I'm still curious if anyone else has run
> >> into this and come up with an alternate solution.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks & Regards,
> >>
> >> Scott Rossi
> >> Creative Director
> >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> >>
> >>
> >>
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