That does give me a jumping point to get started, thanks! I wont have time to play with it until next week at the earliest. Would you be able to give a code sample? Also, is it possible to have it where the ctrl key is not required? Maybe a "button" on the canvas for "select multiple / move" and a "delete selected"? Thanks again for the help!
On Nov 16, 3:44 pm, Phil Petree <phil.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure why the color shifts... but: > > Create a color shift table (array of color shift values): > Create a property array for each element (triangle, square, circle): this > would contain, among other things (length of each side, original color, > current color, etc. etc. etc.) > If mouse click AND ctrl key is down (pressed), add element (triangle) to > group to be moved, if ctrl key is not down, remove all currently selected > elements from "selected status" and then add current element to "selected > status" > If mouse down AND mouse move begin drag/drop action. > > Is that what you wanted? > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 6:11 PM, sethammons <seth.amm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While no stranger to PHP/MySQL and basic JavaScript, I could use some > > major guidance on a project I wanted to try to put together. I'm not > > sure how to go about it, but a little direction I think is all that I > > need. > > > Basic Elements: > > User can create any number of seven present rectangles (preset color > > and size). > > These rectangles can then be dragged, rotated 90 degrees, and/or > > deleted. > > The "canvas" or "play area" is divided into four quadrants. Each time > > the rectangle is moved across the border between two quadrants, the > > color is toggled (ex: a blue rectangle is dragged sideways and is now > > in a new quedrant, and upon entering the quadrant, the color is > > toggled to red. Upon dragging it to the next quadrant -- either to the > > original or to another adjacent quadrant, the color is toggled back to > > blue). > > > It would be best if multiple rectangles can be selected at once, and > > it would be best if the mouse was the only input needed. > > > Any and all help is highly appreciated. This is destined to be a > > functional algebra tiles manipulative to be used by my algebra > > students. Thanks again for any direction! > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<prototype-scriptaculous%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.