The radio button is changing state after the clip event fires. Because of this:
When you first click "High", nothing has been set yet. After the event is done, the "High" radio button gets set on. The next time you check, the "High" radio button is on when the clip event is fired and this is reported, regardless of which you clicked on. After the clip event is done firing, the new state gets set. And so on. If you're not committed to adding the script to the container movie clip, you can try the following (based on the docs here: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.ht m?href=Part4_ASLR2.html ) Name the movie clip containing your buttons (eg: mcSpeedbuttons). Alternatively, this clip isn't necessary and the buttons can be put on the main timeline w/o a container. I changed the data parameter on the buttons from "speed" to "High" and "Low", respectively. I named the empty top layer in your flash app "actions" and added the following actionscript to the first frame of the timeline in that layer: speedButtonListener = new Object(); speedButtonListener.click = function (evt) { trace("You selected " + evt.target.selection.data); dyntext.text = evt.target.selection.data; } mcSpeedbuttons.buttonGroup.addEventListener("click",speedButtonListener); Testing the app, it seems to work like this. - phaedrus -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randal Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:30 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Strange Radio Button Behavior Problem I have come across what looks like a bug to me in the behavior of the radiobutton component in Flash 8 Pro. I have posted a movie at: http://huntingdesign.com/radioproblem/radioproblem.html And the source FLA at: http://huntingdesign.com/radioproblem/radioproblem.fla Here is the code applied to the movieclip that contains the radio buttons: onClipEvent (mouseDown) { if(hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false)) { for (item in this) { rButton = this[item]; if (rButton.getState()) { trace ("You selected "+rButton.getLabel()); _root.dyntext.text = rButton.getLabel(); } } } } This is taken pretty much straight from the Macromedia docs on radio buttons. The behavior I see is that with one click nothing happens. With another click the selected button get darkened, but no label is reported to the dynamic text area or to the trace. Then with a click on the other radio button the PREVIOUSLY SELECTED button now is reported. After that point always the previously selected button is always reported, so if you click on a button multiple times it reports the other button first then itself. All I am trying to do here is create a simple interface to toggle between two states in a movie, which I thought would be a logical use for radio buttons -- but this is really frustrating. _______________________________________________ [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
