target(), mouseControl(), etc. when mouse button is down

Monte Goulding monte at sweattechnologies.com
Thu Oct 16 19:38:55 EDT 2003


> What is the best way to find out which control the mouse is over when 
> the mouse button is depressed?  Functions such as target() within a 
> mouseMove handler and mouseControl() placed in the group script always 
> return the control the user clicked on rather than the control the 
> mouse is currently over.
> 
> I have a scenario where I have a series of buttons grouped together.  
> If a user clicks on one of the buttons and moves over another button 
> with the mouse button still depressed then I want to shift focus to 
> that button.  I haven't fond an efficient way of shifting focus since 
> it is difficult to find out when the user moves over different controls 
> with the mouse button down.
> 

Use a mouseMove handler on the card and the target

Cheers

Monte


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