Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Mike Bonner]

Nah. If you type it wrong twice the error cancels out.

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 11:10 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> 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
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> 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
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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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