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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