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!
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