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?
> > >
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