A modest proposal for a new property

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Wed Sep 27 13:06:42 EDT 2017


Mark Waddingham wrote:
 > On 2017-09-27 03:20, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
 >> Been there.
 >> When they're stacked on top of each other the transparent part of the
 >> rect is still the object under the cursor, and so obscures what's
 >> underneath.
 >
 > Methinks that could be considered a bug :)
 >
 > The graphic object does do hit-testing based on the content of the
 > graphic - but it is not complete/100% accurate for all graphic types.
...
 > For ovals: incorrect! It checks the point is within the oval defined
 > by the rect *but* it does not take into account startangle or angle.

Thanks  - submitted:

Oval graphics use incorrect hit-testing
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20479

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  Fourth World Systems
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