Detecting Multiple Clicks

[Randy Hengst]

Yes, thank you Scott.

be well,
randy

Randy Hengst
www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com


> On Jun 30, 2015, at 9:50 PM, Paul Hibbert <paul at livecode.org> wrote:
> 
> Nice share.
> 
> Thank you Scott.
> 
> Paul
> 
>> On Jun 30, 2015, at 13:03, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thought folks might find the following useful...
>> 
>> I currently have a situation where I need to detect multiple clicks on an
>> object and differentiate between the number of click sets (i.e.
>> single-click, double-click, triple-click, etc).  The following seems to
>> work well, detecting a 50-click event, after which point I got tired of
>> clicking :-)
>> 
>> -----
>> 
>> constant theClickThreshold = 300
>> local theClickCount, theClickID
>> 
>> on mouseDown
>>  if lineOffset("countClicks",pendingMessages()) = 0 then
>>     put 0 into theClickCount
>>  else cancel theClickID
>>  add 1 to theClickCount
>>  send "countClicks" to me in theClickThreshold millisecs
>>  put the result into theClickID
>> end mouseDown
>> 
>> command countClicks
>>  put theClickCount && millisecs() -- SHOW CLICK COUNT
>>  put 0 into theClickCount -- RESET
>> end countClicks
>> 
>> -----
>> 
>> 
>> The click threshold can be adjusted but seems to work well at 300
>> milliseconds.  Change "on mouseDown" to "before mouseDown" to implement as
>> a behavior.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Scott Rossi
>> Creative Director
>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>> 
>> 
>> 
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