Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Mike Bonner]

Hey thats awesome!  Thanks Jacqueline, another gem I had yet to discover.

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:32 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> You could also try comtrolAtLoc() which would avoid the loop.
>
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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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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