[Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash
Hi coders. This has been up before, and I have done some own tests and searched the archives as well. But I can't find the solution, if there is any. I want a certain thing to happen in my flash when the mouse moves outside flash. Since the _xmouse/_ymouse stops updating when dragged outside you cant rely on them (they do work WHEN mouse is pressed and dragged out from the swf, but that is of course not a solution) I have also tried to add a big 'button' which has onRollOut/onDragOut attached to it, but the problem is that button-events above it will disable the underlying one. So what I know of there is no solution to this problem, but probably some decent hacks? I am not interested in a solution which requires code in the html-page or so, but if you have such one I would like to know about it as well. But mainly I wish to know a solution in which flash internally can say if the mouse-cursor is outside the flash in the html-page. Thanks Coders / martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash
P.S. to make it more reliable (but I realise you not happy with using browser code...would be to surrond the flash movie with a div and have a javascript listen for a on mouseover and call an fscommand or externalinterface call (depending on the version of flash). c. Hi coders. This has been up before, and I have done some own tests and searched the archives as well. But I can't find the solution, if there is any. I want a certain thing to happen in my flash when the mouse moves outside flash. Since the _xmouse/_ymouse stops updating when dragged outside you cant rely on them (they do work WHEN mouse is pressed and dragged out from the swf, but that is of course not a solution) I have also tried to add a big 'button' which has onRollOut/onDragOut attached to it, but the problem is that button-events above it will disable the underlying one. So what I know of there is no solution to this problem, but probably some decent hacks? I am not interested in a solution which requires code in the html-page or so, but if you have such one I would like to know about it as well. But mainly I wish to know a solution in which flash internally can say if the mouse-cursor is outside the flash in the html-page. Thanks Coders / martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash
Yep was wondering if you had tried.sorry its the only answer I know of. c. Thanks Campbell. That code is though what I try to avoid, since it isn't 100% accurate. A quick move with the mouse and the code won't really detect that the cursor has left the flash area. The javascript-suggestion is nice of course, I have thought about that, but since it is a CMS and so on, it might not be an easy way to deal with that kind of implementation. Thanks anyway. To bad that their isn't a Stage.isMouseOver/out property. I thought macromedia would have made a solution to this somehow, since this has been a 'problem' since flash5. / martin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Campbell Anderson Sent: den 23 november 2005 11:14 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash P.S. to make it more reliable (but I realise you not happy with using browser code...would be to surrond the flash movie with a div and have a javascript listen for a on mouseover and call an fscommand or externalinterface call (depending on the version of flash). c. Hi coders. This has been up before, and I have done some own tests and searched the archives as well. But I can't find the solution, if there is any. I want a certain thing to happen in my flash when the mouse moves outside flash. Since the _xmouse/_ymouse stops updating when dragged outside you cant rely on them (they do work WHEN mouse is pressed and dragged out from the swf, but that is of course not a solution) I have also tried to add a big 'button' which has onRollOut/onDragOut attached to it, but the problem is that button-events above it will disable the underlying one. So what I know of there is no solution to this problem, but probably some decent hacks? I am not interested in a solution which requires code in the html-page or so, but if you have such one I would like to know about it as well. But mainly I wish to know a solution in which flash internally can say if the mouse-cursor is outside the flash in the html-page. Thanks Coders / martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash
I never found a good solution, either, without using code in the HTML page. I even tried setting a clip to look for the mouse and execute a function if the mouse wasn't found, but that failed (for reasons you explain). If you can keep your buttons away from the edges of the movie, you can use an underlying button or an onMouseMove action to detect when the mouse is in that marginal area. You need a fast enough frame rate so the mouse position is captured during the time it passes over the marginal area. Someone with very fast mouse movement will probably be able to defeat this. Marc At 01:10 AM 11/23/2005, you wrote: Hi coders. This has been up before, and I have done some own tests and searched the archives as well. But I can't find the solution, if there is any. I want a certain thing to happen in my flash when the mouse moves outside flash. Since the _xmouse/_ymouse stops updating when dragged outside you cant rely on them (they do work WHEN mouse is pressed and dragged out from the swf, but that is of course not a solution) I have also tried to add a big 'button' which has onRollOut/onDragOut attached to it, but the problem is that button-events above it will disable the underlying one. So what I know of there is no solution to this problem, but probably some decent hacks? I am not interested in a solution which requires code in the html-page or so, but if you have such one I would like to know about it as well. But mainly I wish to know a solution in which flash internally can say if the mouse-cursor is outside the flash in the html-page. Thanks Coders / martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash
I'd suggest to use 1-pixel frame (maybe invisible) movieclip. Even better - 2 such frames,- say, 1 and 2 px from the edge of the stage. Then it can work as follows: 1) If mouse crosses one of frames, check (setInterval or onEnterFrame) if it'll cross other right after this. Then: 2) If inner-then-outer = likely it goes outside; if outer-then-inner = likely it came back. 3) You can use vars (boolean) like hasCrossedInner etc. Hope this can help. -- Best regards, Gregory_GOusable http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. At 10:10 AM 11/23/2005, Martin Klasson wrote: Hi coders. This has been up before, and I have done some own tests and searched the archives as well. But I can't find the solution, if there is any. I want a certain thing to happen in my flash when the mouse moves outside flash. Since the _xmouse/_ymouse stops updating when dragged outside you cant rely on them (they do work WHEN mouse is pressed and dragged out from the swf, but that is of course not a solution) I have also tried to add a big 'button' which has onRollOut/onDragOut attached to it, but the problem is that button-events above it will disable the underlying one. So what I know of there is no solution to this problem, but probably some decent hacks? I am not interested in a solution which requires code in the html-page or so, but if you have such one I would like to know about it as well. But mainly I wish to know a solution in which flash internally can say if the mouse-cursor is outside the flash in the html-page. Thanks Coders / martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash
The problem with all these look for mouse within 1 to 2 pixels of the border solutions, is that moving the mouse, even at a moderate speed, makes it move by 10 or more pixels at a time. -David R On 11/23/05, Gregory_GOusable [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd suggest to use 1-pixel frame (maybe invisible) movieclip. Even better - 2 such frames,- say, 1 and 2 px from the edge of the stage. Then it can work as follows: 1) If mouse crosses one of frames, check (setInterval or onEnterFrame) if it'll cross other right after this. Then: 2) If inner-then-outer = likely it goes outside; if outer-then-inner = likely it came back. 3) You can use vars (boolean) like hasCrossedInner etc. Hope this can help. -- Best regards, Gregory_GOusable http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. At 10:10 AM 11/23/2005, Martin Klasson wrote: Hi coders. This has been up before, and I have done some own tests and searched the archives as well. But I can't find the solution, if there is any. I want a certain thing to happen in my flash when the mouse moves outside flash. Since the _xmouse/_ymouse stops updating when dragged outside you cant rely on them (they do work WHEN mouse is pressed and dragged out from the swf, but that is of course not a solution) I have also tried to add a big 'button' which has onRollOut/onDragOut attached to it, but the problem is that button-events above it will disable the underlying one. So what I know of there is no solution to this problem, but probably some decent hacks? I am not interested in a solution which requires code in the html-page or so, but if you have such one I would like to know about it as well. But mainly I wish to know a solution in which flash internally can say if the mouse-cursor is outside the flash in the html-page. Thanks Coders / martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash
A 1-pixel wide area is not likely to capture a rollOver. Here's a .swf to test how wide a button needs to be to capture a rollOver: http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/buttonTest - Marc At 10:42 AM 11/23/2005, you wrote: I'd suggest to use 1-pixel frame (maybe invisible) movieclip. Even better - 2 such frames,- say, 1 and 2 px from the edge of the stage. Then it can work as follows: 1) If mouse crosses one of frames, check (setInterval or onEnterFrame) if it'll cross other right after this. Then: 2) If inner-then-outer = likely it goes outside; if outer-then-inner = likely it came back. 3) You can use vars (boolean) like hasCrossedInner etc. Hope this can help. -- Best regards, Gregory_GOusable http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. At 10:10 AM 11/23/2005, Martin Klasson wrote: Hi coders. This has been up before, and I have done some own tests and searched the archives as well. But I can't find the solution, if there is any. I want a certain thing to happen in my flash when the mouse moves outside flash. Since the _xmouse/_ymouse stops updating when dragged outside you cant rely on them (they do work WHEN mouse is pressed and dragged out from the swf, but that is of course not a solution) I have also tried to add a big 'button' which has onRollOut/onDragOut attached to it, but the problem is that button-events above it will disable the underlying one. So what I know of there is no solution to this problem, but probably some decent hacks? I am not interested in a solution which requires code in the html-page or so, but if you have such one I would like to know about it as well. But mainly I wish to know a solution in which flash internally can say if the mouse-cursor is outside the flash in the html-page. Thanks Coders / martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] detecting when mouse goes outside of the flash
i did something in javascript that sent the data into flash onMouseMove, which worked very well. especially if the flash movie is on a fixed position. i can't seem to find the code now though. kalle On 11/23/05, Marc Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A 1-pixel wide area is not likely to capture a rollOver. Here's a .swf to test how wide a button needs to be to capture a rollOver: http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/buttonTest - Marc At 10:42 AM 11/23/2005, you wrote: I'd suggest to use 1-pixel frame (maybe invisible) movieclip. Even better - 2 such frames,- say, 1 and 2 px from the edge of the stage. Then it can work as follows: 1) If mouse crosses one of frames, check (setInterval or onEnterFrame) if it'll cross other right after this. Then: 2) If inner-then-outer = likely it goes outside; if outer-then-inner = likely it came back. 3) You can use vars (boolean) like hasCrossedInner etc. Hope this can help. -- Best regards, Gregory_GOusable http://GOusable.com Flash components development. Usability services. At 10:10 AM 11/23/2005, Martin Klasson wrote: Hi coders. This has been up before, and I have done some own tests and searched the archives as well. But I can't find the solution, if there is any. I want a certain thing to happen in my flash when the mouse moves outside flash. Since the _xmouse/_ymouse stops updating when dragged outside you cant rely on them (they do work WHEN mouse is pressed and dragged out from the swf, but that is of course not a solution) I have also tried to add a big 'button' which has onRollOut/onDragOut attached to it, but the problem is that button-events above it will disable the underlying one. So what I know of there is no solution to this problem, but probably some decent hacks? I am not interested in a solution which requires code in the html-page or so, but if you have such one I would like to know about it as well. But mainly I wish to know a solution in which flash internally can say if the mouse-cursor is outside the flash in the html-page. Thanks Coders / martin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- inlovewith.com inlovewith ltd. kalle thyselius linnégatan 76, stockholm, sweden + 46 707 602 600 inlovewith you ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
