A major benefit to making buttons like this in Flash is you can target nested movieclips, textfields, etc. inside a movieclips but you cannot with buttons.
This opens up all kinds of custom actions for your buttons that are impossible with Button instances. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Simon Lord > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:16 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] this.selected > > That's a very helpful tip Steven. Thanks! > > > On Apr 22, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Steven Sacks wrote: > > > A little known trick in Flash: > > > > Make a movieclip. Give it 3 frames and put frame labels on > each named > > > > _up, _over, and _down > > > > Put a stop(); action on frame 1. > > > > If you assign a button method to the movieclip, like onRelease, > > onRollOver, > > etc. it will behave just like a button on its own, going to > the _up > > _over > > and _down frames automagically without any coding required. > > > > You can make additional frames and put frame labels on them > to your > > heart's > > desire. As long as those three frames are there and there's a > > button method > > assigned to the movieclip, it will behave like a button. > You can use > > .enabled = false to make it stop, just like a button. > > > > So, to make a selected button (that isn't a toggle button), make a > > fourth > > frame "sel" (or something like that) and onRelease set its enabled > > to false > > and tell it to go to frame "sel". To unstick it, just set its > > enabled to > > true and it will start working again. > > > > HTH, > > Steven > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
