Click isn't going to happen until after mouse up, and if you start a
drag I'd think that would supress any click events. I'm thinking you
will just want to do the select on the mouse down. Then trigger the
drag on mouse_move if no mouse_up or Mouse_click has occurred.
--- In [email protected], "Engkee Kwang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> what is the trick to listen for and handle both MOUSE_CLICK (say to
> select) and MOUSE_DOWN (to start dragging)?
>
> I have a Label on a canvas. First I added a listener on MOUSE_CLICK and
> that works. My handler gets called and I can "select" the item.
>
> Then to support D&D, I added another listener on MOUSE_DOWN. When I do
> that, I get call on mouse-down and I can then initiate the drag.
> Unfortunately, I no longer get called on click.
>
> Presumably, rather than listening for MOUSE_DOWN, what I really need to
> do is listen for the mouse-down but without any mouse-up for some
> interval... so as to distinguish it from a click. Is there such an
> event?
>
> -Engkee
>
