Messages sent while mouse is down?

[J. Landman Gay]

And it works even better when I spell it right. ;-)

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



On March 11, 2017 11:54:59 AM Mike Bonner via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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