Messages sent while mouse is down?

[J. Landman Gay]

You could also try comtrolAtLoc() which would avoid the loop.

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On March 11, 2017 3:51:04 AM Tim Selander via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Oh ho!
>
> That does it, Mike. Many thanks!
>
> Tim
>
> On 2017.03.11, 18:35, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:
>> accidental send before complete. *sigh*
>>
>> on mousemove
>>     put 1 & cr & 2 into objectList -- just using control number for the
>> quick example
>>     if the mouse is down then
>>        repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
>>           if within(control tLine,the mouseloc) then
>>              put tLine into tResult
>>              exit repeat
>>           end if
>>        end repeat
>>     end if
>>     if tResult is not empty then
>>        put tResult
>>     else
>>        put "no result"
>>     end if
>> end mousemove
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> mousemove works.  It does appear that "mousecontrol" doesn't fire when the
>>> mouse is down so that is out.
>>>
>>> You can also use "within" which is pretty fast.
>>>
>>> Have a variable with a list of the objects you wish to check against (or
>>> array, or whatever)
>>> on mousemove
>>>
>>> if the mouse is down then
>>>
>>> repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
>>>
>>> if within(tLine,the mouseloc) then
>>> put tLine into tResult
>>>   exit repeat
>>> end repeat
>>>
>>> end if
>>> if tResult
>>> end mousemove
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own amusement
>>>> I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.
>>>>
>>>> For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
>>>> Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through adjacent
>>>> letters to make words.
>>>>
>>>> Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles (fields)
>>>> triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it easy to pick up the
>>>> letters.
>>>>
>>>> But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing I can
>>>> get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I can use the
>>>> mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the pointer, but it's too
>>>> slow...
>>>>
>>>> Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other messages
>>>> besides mouseloc()?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Tim Selander
>>>> Tokyo, Japan
>>>>
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