I did it in event listeners..
Also, keep in mind that this fix is only needed or even evident on a VERY
slow PC..
(which the question may have?)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] Drag responsiveness
> I actually needed this too, and had been testing this from one of your
> previous posts, I added the code to dragevents.js like this:
>
> replace line 86:
> lyr.moveTo(x,y);
>
> with this:
> if (!lyr.dragging){
> lyr.dragging=true;
> lyr.moveTo(x,y);
> lyr.dragging=false;
> }else{
> window.status+="/";
> };
>
> The last bit was a test, to see how often "if (!lyr.dragging)" actually
> catches a premature drag call, and the answer is surprisingly NEVER.
> So the code doesn't actually do anything like this.
>
> So I thought maybe "lyr.dragging=false;" had to be set from an
eventlistener
> that listens for the move event, so it is only set when the layer has been
> moved. So I added this:
>
> DragEvent.lyrListener.onmove=function(e) {
> var lyr=e.src;
> lyr.dragging=false;
> }
>
> But still I couldn't trap any premature drag calls, so although I
understand
> the logic of the fix, it looks like this is being done by the dragcode
quite
> effectively already. (or else I made a mistake somewhere)
>
> Richard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 2:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] Drag responsiveness
>
>
> > I had the same problem, the solution was to 'cap' the evnts..
> >
> >
> > blah.ondragmove=function(evnt){
> > var obj=evnt.getTarget();
> > if (!obj.dragging){
> > obj.dragging=true;
> > // ..
> > // do your drag animation hear..
> > // ..
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > What this will do is ensure that the eventlistener doesn't try to
> > react to more ondragmove events than the client machine can handle.
> > So instead of your object being redrawn every time your mousepointer
> > passes a pixel, it will be redrawn every 5 pixels
> > (an average on slower machines, could be any number)
> >
> > This in my experience drasticly improved the 'smoothness' of my
> > dragg animation
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Al Byers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 12:45 PM
> > Subject: [Dynapi-Help] Drag responsiveness
> >
> >
> > > Are there ways to improve the responsiveness of the drag event? My
drag
> > > event operation is complex, so the cursor gets way ahead of the
> > > movement. I guess I would like to drop events.
> > >
> > > Al Byers
> > >
> > >
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