real knobs spin forever? just work it like a slider but update % and position via max/min distance and maintain the math. 3 rotations is max slider x3. Keeping track of rotation works but you'll have to calculate for negative rotation.
B. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Eric E. Dolecki <[email protected]> wrote: > I get the slider idea - makes sense, except for when you want a knob to > revolve as many times as a real one might. > So you don't necessarily always want a min and a max. Operate it like a > true > spinning dial and perhaps decrement or increment some kind of value per º > rotated. > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Patrick Matte|BLITZ < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > I think in general, knobs always behave like sliders. Take for example > > Ableton Live, a music software which use a lot of knobs, they all behave > > like sliders. I think the knobs on the link you were referring to may > seem > > more realistic but are actually harder to use. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric E. Dolecki > > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 12:17 PM > > To: Flash Coders List > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 Nice Knob(s) > > > > Thats nice, but it works like a slider (manipulated). Looking more for a > > traditional behaving knob. > > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Patrick Matte|BLITZ < > > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1337 > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric E. > > > Dolecki > > > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:51 AM > > > To: Flash Coders List > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 Nice Knob(s) > > > > > > I am looking for an AS3 knob that is close to this: > > > > > > http://keith-hair.net/blog/examples/niceknobs/ > > > > > > > > > yet is something I can use in the Flash CS4 IDE - a SWC would even be > > > nice to link up to. The URL above is just an example. > > > > > > Being able to optionally check + or - movements on 360º revolutions > > > (detents) would be a huge plus. > > > > > > If the code is accessible, that would be super awesome for tweaking. > > > > > > Tried googling, haven't found anything close yet. Any help? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://ericd.net > > Interactive design and development > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > -- > http://ericd.net > Interactive design and development > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

