Benoit,
I'm not sure exactly what you mean. It sounds like it might be give the
user a less aggressive snap than the one I coded. Can you refer me to some
examples or draw a diagram? On the other hand, when I get as far as I can,
you can always modify the code.
Leif
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benoit Marchant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Leif W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Snap functionality demo
> Hi
>
> There's one comment I would like to make about the snap feature. I find
> it strange that what you hold is suddenly pulled of you. The issue is
> that the cursor doesn't follow. This is usually handled by a "ghost", a
> dimmed version of what you drag, or a rectangle of the size of what you
> drag, that represent where what you drag would go. I think it's more
> natural to do it that way.
>
> You could do the ghost in dynapi. Make a copy of the dragged layer,
> embed it in another layer and "cover" it with another layer containing
> a png image that have alpha transparency, impression guaranted !!! And
> for browser that don't support png, use a gif pattern that has 1pixel
> transparent-1 pixel gray, 1 pixel transparent, 1 pixel gray etc ...
> For png support, for example, IE on the mac supports png with
> transparency well in the <IMG tag, but doesn't display it correctly if
> you use it as a div background image.
>
> Benoit
>
> On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 06:04 AM, Leif W wrote:
>
> >>> 2)I'm no sure I like the format you're using for
> >>> setSnapBoundary(). IMO I think using something like
> >>> setSnapBoundary(type,t,r,b,l) would be more flexible:
> >>>
> >>> lyr1.setSnapBoundary('inner',10,10,20,20);
> >>> lyr2.setSnapBoundary('outer',10,10,20,20);
> >
> > Also, during development I have used an undocumented feature.
> > setSnapBoundary() with no args sets all boundaries to a hard-coded
> > default.
> > This was merely for convenience during testing. Would it be of any
> > use to
> > extend this feature to setDefaultBoundary(b), such that any call to
> > setSnapBoundary with no arguments would set all boundaries to this
> > default?
> >
> > Leif
> >
> >
> >
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