Thanks so much for your insight here -- it was indeed correct that the radio buttons were being triggered after the onclick handler. Your script does also work -- thanks!
I had found my script at: http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_15174 Which is pretty old, but since I was trying to export to an older flash format I thought it should work. Did this script EVER work? -- Randal At 4:57 PM -0500 8/1/06, phaedrus wrote: >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 _______________________________________________ [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
