Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Jim Lambert via use-livecode]

> Tim wrote:
> 
> Click and drag the mouse through 
> adjacent letters to make words.
> 
> Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles 
> (fields) triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it 
> easy to pick up the letters.
> 
> But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing 
> I can get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I 
> can use the mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the 
> pointer, but it's too slow...
> 
> 

How about a slight change in the game’s instructions?

Instead of "click and drag through the letters to highlight a word", have the 
user click on the first letter of their word, mouse through the intervening 
letters, and finally click on the last letter of their word to end their word 
discovery process.

That way you entirely avoid having to track the mouseloc while the mouse is 
down. 
Use the first click (mouseup) to begin ‘recording’ the user’s word discovery. 
That will tell you letter #1 of their word.
Then use subsequent mouseenters to track which letters the user moved into next 
and the order of entry. That will tell you the rest of the letters in their 
word.
Use the next click (mouseup) to end their word discovery process.
Then you compare their word to your dictionary to see if it is a legit word.

Of course, you'll want to account for clicks outside of the play area and 
ignore them or restrict mouse movement to the play area during the word 
discovery process.

Jim Lambert 
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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Tim Selander via use-livecode]

Yes, that had occurred to me, but my explanation was too 
simplistic. While it is a Scrabble-esque game with tiles, the 
tiles are hexagons and are staggered on the board. (pic-- 
http://tinyurl.com/jjcqolm)


That still might be calculate-able, but is beyond my math skills!

Thanks,

Tim

On 2017.03.12, 10:00, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:

If the names of the tiles are numbered in a logical way, and only go
horizontal, and vertical, then all you need to know is the start spot, and
the end spot, and can fill in the gaps between.


On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Quentin Long via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:


sez Tim Selander :

I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own
amusement I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.

For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through
adjacent letters to make words.

Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles
(fields) triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it
easy to pick up the letters.

But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing
I can get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I
can use the mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the
pointer, but it's too slow...

Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other
messages besides mouseloc()?

I see that Mike Bonner has already provided a solution which seems to do
what you want. But just in case there are other people out there who might
need a different solution, here's my stab at it…

If you have a "screenful of Scrabble-like lettered tiles", these "tiles"
are presumably arranged in a rectangular grid, with neatly aligned rows and
columns. If this is the case, the locations of the row-tiles are going to
be separated by X number of pixels, such that row-tile 1 has X-coördinate
A; row-tile 2 has X-coördinate (A + X); row-tile 3 has X-coordinate (A +
2*X); and so on.

Column-tiles will work similarly. Their locations will be separated by Y
number of pixels, such that column-tile 1 has Y coördinate B; column-tile 2
has Y coördinate (B + Y); column-tile 3 has Y coördinate (B + 2*Y); and so
on.

If the grid's horizontal spacing is identical to its vertical spacing, the
separation-values X and Y will be the same, of course. Given the fact that
pixels are not *necessarily* square, it would be imprudent to *assume* that
the grid's horizontal and vertical separation-values are identical, and I
will not make that assumption here.

So.

My solution to Tim Selander's problem completely ignores most of the
mouse[whatever] messages, depending strictly on mouseLoc. Like so:

local dX = 25 -- if the horizontal-spacing value is not 25, put the real
value here
local dY = 25 -- again, replace 25 with the real value as needed
local TimeSlice = 50 -- how often, in milliseconds, the code checks the
mouseLoc. adjust as needed for response time
local GridLocPulse

global GridCell = "1,1"

on GridLoc
   if (GridLocPulse) then send GridLoc to me in TimeSlice milliseconds
   put the mouseLoc into ThisLoc
   put (1 + (item 1 of ThisLoc div dX)) into item 1 of GridCell -- may need
tweaking to account for edge effects
   put (1 + (item 2 of ThisLoc div dY)) into item 2 of GridCell -- ditto
end GridLoc

on GridLocOn
   put true into GridLocPulse
   GridLoc
end GridLocOn

on GridLocOff
   put false into GridLocPulse
end GridLocOff

The above code can go into the script of the card where the tile-grid
lives.

Once every (TimeSlice) milliseconds, this code looks at the mouseLoc and
converts the mouse coördinates into grid coördinates, which are stored in
the global variable GridCell. GridCell being a global, its contents should
be accessible to any handler in any script which includes the line "global
GridCell".

It's probably a good idea to *not* have the GridLoc handler burning
clock-cycles *all the time*. Thus, the local variable GridLocPulse, and the
subsidiary handlers GridLocOn and GridLocOff. GridLocOn activates the
GridLoc handler, and GridLocOff turns GridLoc off.

Hope this helps…


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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Mike Bonner via use-livecode]

If the names of the tiles are numbered in a logical way, and only go
horizontal, and vertical, then all you need to know is the start spot, and
the end spot, and can fill in the gaps between.


On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Quentin Long via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> sez Tim Selander :
> > I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own
> > amusement I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.
> >
> > For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
> > Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through
> > adjacent letters to make words.
> >
> > Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles
> > (fields) triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it
> > easy to pick up the letters.
> >
> > But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing
> > I can get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I
> > can use the mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the
> > pointer, but it's too slow...
> >
> > Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other
> > messages besides mouseloc()?
> I see that Mike Bonner has already provided a solution which seems to do
> what you want. But just in case there are other people out there who might
> need a different solution, here's my stab at it…
>
> If you have a "screenful of Scrabble-like lettered tiles", these "tiles"
> are presumably arranged in a rectangular grid, with neatly aligned rows and
> columns. If this is the case, the locations of the row-tiles are going to
> be separated by X number of pixels, such that row-tile 1 has X-coördinate
> A; row-tile 2 has X-coördinate (A + X); row-tile 3 has X-coordinate (A +
> 2*X); and so on.
>
> Column-tiles will work similarly. Their locations will be separated by Y
> number of pixels, such that column-tile 1 has Y coördinate B; column-tile 2
> has Y coördinate (B + Y); column-tile 3 has Y coördinate (B + 2*Y); and so
> on.
>
> If the grid's horizontal spacing is identical to its vertical spacing, the
> separation-values X and Y will be the same, of course. Given the fact that
> pixels are not *necessarily* square, it would be imprudent to *assume* that
> the grid's horizontal and vertical separation-values are identical, and I
> will not make that assumption here.
>
> So.
>
> My solution to Tim Selander's problem completely ignores most of the
> mouse[whatever] messages, depending strictly on mouseLoc. Like so:
>
> local dX = 25 -- if the horizontal-spacing value is not 25, put the real
> value here
> local dY = 25 -- again, replace 25 with the real value as needed
> local TimeSlice = 50 -- how often, in milliseconds, the code checks the
> mouseLoc. adjust as needed for response time
> local GridLocPulse
>
> global GridCell = "1,1"
>
> on GridLoc
>   if (GridLocPulse) then send GridLoc to me in TimeSlice milliseconds
>   put the mouseLoc into ThisLoc
>   put (1 + (item 1 of ThisLoc div dX)) into item 1 of GridCell -- may need
> tweaking to account for edge effects
>   put (1 + (item 2 of ThisLoc div dY)) into item 2 of GridCell -- ditto
> end GridLoc
>
> on GridLocOn
>   put true into GridLocPulse
>   GridLoc
> end GridLocOn
>
> on GridLocOff
>   put false into GridLocPulse
> end GridLocOff
>
> The above code can go into the script of the card where the tile-grid
> lives.
>
> Once every (TimeSlice) milliseconds, this code looks at the mouseLoc and
> converts the mouse coördinates into grid coördinates, which are stored in
> the global variable GridCell. GridCell being a global, its contents should
> be accessible to any handler in any script which includes the line "global
> GridCell".
>
> It's probably a good idea to *not* have the GridLoc handler burning
> clock-cycles *all the time*. Thus, the local variable GridLocPulse, and the
> subsidiary handlers GridLocOn and GridLocOff. GridLocOn activates the
> GridLoc handler, and GridLocOff turns GridLoc off.
>
> Hope this helps…
>
>
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>
> Read the webcomic at [ http://www.atarmslength.net ]!
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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Quentin Long via use-livecode]

sez Tim Selander :
> I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own 
> amusement I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.
> 
> For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of 
> Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through 
> adjacent letters to make words.
> 
> Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles 
> (fields) triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it 
> easy to pick up the letters.
> 
> But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing 
> I can get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I 
> can use the mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the 
> pointer, but it's too slow...
> 
> Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other 
> messages besides mouseloc()?
I see that Mike Bonner has already provided a solution which seems to do what 
you want. But just in case there are other people out there who might need a 
different solution, here's my stab at it…

If you have a "screenful of Scrabble-like lettered tiles", these "tiles" are 
presumably arranged in a rectangular grid, with neatly aligned rows and 
columns. If this is the case, the locations of the row-tiles are going to be 
separated by X number of pixels, such that row-tile 1 has X-coördinate A; 
row-tile 2 has X-coördinate (A + X); row-tile 3 has X-coordinate (A + 2*X); and 
so on.

Column-tiles will work similarly. Their locations will be separated by Y number 
of pixels, such that column-tile 1 has Y coördinate B; column-tile 2 has Y 
coördinate (B + Y); column-tile 3 has Y coördinate (B + 2*Y); and so on.

If the grid's horizontal spacing is identical to its vertical spacing, the 
separation-values X and Y will be the same, of course. Given the fact that 
pixels are not *necessarily* square, it would be imprudent to *assume* that the 
grid's horizontal and vertical separation-values are identical, and I will not 
make that assumption here.

So.

My solution to Tim Selander's problem completely ignores most of the 
mouse[whatever] messages, depending strictly on mouseLoc. Like so:

local dX = 25 -- if the horizontal-spacing value is not 25, put the real value 
here
local dY = 25 -- again, replace 25 with the real value as needed
local TimeSlice = 50 -- how often, in milliseconds, the code checks the 
mouseLoc. adjust as needed for response time
local GridLocPulse

global GridCell = "1,1"

on GridLoc
  if (GridLocPulse) then send GridLoc to me in TimeSlice milliseconds
  put the mouseLoc into ThisLoc
  put (1 + (item 1 of ThisLoc div dX)) into item 1 of GridCell -- may need 
tweaking to account for edge effects
  put (1 + (item 2 of ThisLoc div dY)) into item 2 of GridCell -- ditto
end GridLoc

on GridLocOn
  put true into GridLocPulse
  GridLoc
end GridLocOn

on GridLocOff
  put false into GridLocPulse
end GridLocOff

The above code can go into the script of the card where the tile-grid lives.

Once every (TimeSlice) milliseconds, this code looks at the mouseLoc and 
converts the mouse coördinates into grid coördinates, which are stored in the 
global variable GridCell. GridCell being a global, its contents should be 
accessible to any handler in any script which includes the line "global 
GridCell".

It's probably a good idea to *not* have the GridLoc handler burning 
clock-cycles *all the time*. Thus, the local variable GridLocPulse, and the 
subsidiary handlers GridLocOn and GridLocOff. GridLocOn activates the GridLoc 
handler, and GridLocOff turns GridLoc off.

Hope this helps…

   
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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[hh via use-livecode]

Although there is one scenario where one has to use Mike's looping
"within"-approach (adjusted to collecting, not exiting the repeat):

If the controls in question (may be all) have some overlapping areas:
controlAtLoc((x,y)) reports only the control at (x,y) with the
highest layer.

> JLG wrote:
> You could also try controlAtLoc() which would avoid the loop.

> MB wrote:
> on mousemove
>-- just using control number for the quick example
>put 1 & cr & 2 into objectList 
>if the mouse is down then
>   repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
>  if within(control tLine,the mouseloc) then
> put tLine into tResult
> exit repeat
>  end if
>   end repeat
>end if
>if tResult is not empty then
>   put tResult
>else
>   put "no result"
>end if
> end mousemove


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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

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On 03/11/2017 11:43 AM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:

Nah. If you type it wrong twice the error cancels out.


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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Mike Bonner via use-livecode]

Nah. If you type it wrong twice the error cancels out.

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 11:10 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> And it works even better when I spell it right. ;-)
>
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>
>
>
> On March 11, 2017 11:54:59 AM Mike Bonner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Hey thats awesome!  Thanks Jacqueline, another gem I had yet to discover.
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:32 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> You could also try comtrolAtLoc() which would avoid the loop.
>>>
>>> --
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>>> HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On March 11, 2017 3:51:04 AM Tim Selander via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh ho!
>>>

 That does it, Mike. Many thanks!

 Tim

 On 2017.03.11, 18:35, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:

 accidental send before complete. *sigh*
>
> on mousemove
> put 1 & cr & 2 into objectList -- just using control number for the
> quick example
> if the mouse is down then
>repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
>   if within(control tLine,the mouseloc) then
>  put tLine into tResult
>  exit repeat
>   end if
>end repeat
> end if
> if tResult is not empty then
>put tResult
> else
>put "no result"
> end if
> end mousemove
>
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Mike Bonner 
> wrote:
>
> mousemove works.  It does appear that "mousecontrol" doesn't fire when
>
>> the
>> mouse is down so that is out.
>>
>> You can also use "within" which is pretty fast.
>>
>> Have a variable with a list of the objects you wish to check against
>> (or
>> array, or whatever)
>> on mousemove
>>
>> if the mouse is down then
>>
>> repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
>>
>> if within(tLine,the mouseloc) then
>> put tLine into tResult
>>   exit repeat
>> end repeat
>>
>> end if
>> if tResult
>> end mousemove
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own amusement
>>
>>> I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.
>>>
>>> For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
>>> Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through
>>> adjacent
>>> letters to make words.
>>>
>>> Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles (fields)
>>> triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it easy to pick up
>>> the
>>> letters.
>>>
>>> But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing I
>>> can
>>> get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I can use
>>> the
>>> mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the pointer, but
>>> it's too
>>> slow...
>>>
>>> Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other messages
>>> besides mouseloc()?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tim Selander
>>> Tokyo, Japan
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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[J. Landman Gay via use-livecode]

And it works even better when I spell it right. ;-)

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On March 11, 2017 11:54:59 AM Mike Bonner via use-livecode 
 wrote:



Hey thats awesome!  Thanks Jacqueline, another gem I had yet to discover.

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:32 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:


You could also try comtrolAtLoc() which would avoid the loop.

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On March 11, 2017 3:51:04 AM Tim Selander via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Oh ho!


That does it, Mike. Many thanks!

Tim

On 2017.03.11, 18:35, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:


accidental send before complete. *sigh*

on mousemove
put 1 & cr & 2 into objectList -- just using control number for the
quick example
if the mouse is down then
   repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
  if within(control tLine,the mouseloc) then
 put tLine into tResult
 exit repeat
  end if
   end repeat
end if
if tResult is not empty then
   put tResult
else
   put "no result"
end if
end mousemove

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Mike Bonner  wrote:

mousemove works.  It does appear that "mousecontrol" doesn't fire when

the
mouse is down so that is out.

You can also use "within" which is pretty fast.

Have a variable with a list of the objects you wish to check against (or
array, or whatever)
on mousemove

if the mouse is down then

repeat for each line tLine  in objectList

if within(tLine,the mouseloc) then
put tLine into tResult
  exit repeat
end repeat

end if
if tResult
end mousemove

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own amusement

I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.

For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through adjacent
letters to make words.

Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles (fields)
triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it easy to pick up
the
letters.

But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing I can
get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I can use the
mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the pointer, but
it's too
slow...

Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other messages
besides mouseloc()?

Thanks,

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan

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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Mike Bonner via use-livecode]

Hey thats awesome!  Thanks Jacqueline, another gem I had yet to discover.

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:32 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> You could also try comtrolAtLoc() which would avoid the loop.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>
>
>
> On March 11, 2017 3:51:04 AM Tim Selander via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Oh ho!
>>
>> That does it, Mike. Many thanks!
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 2017.03.11, 18:35, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:
>>
>>> accidental send before complete. *sigh*
>>>
>>> on mousemove
>>> put 1 & cr & 2 into objectList -- just using control number for the
>>> quick example
>>> if the mouse is down then
>>>repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
>>>   if within(control tLine,the mouseloc) then
>>>  put tLine into tResult
>>>  exit repeat
>>>   end if
>>>end repeat
>>> end if
>>> if tResult is not empty then
>>>put tResult
>>> else
>>>put "no result"
>>> end if
>>> end mousemove
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Mike Bonner  wrote:
>>>
>>> mousemove works.  It does appear that "mousecontrol" doesn't fire when
 the
 mouse is down so that is out.

 You can also use "within" which is pretty fast.

 Have a variable with a list of the objects you wish to check against (or
 array, or whatever)
 on mousemove

 if the mouse is down then

 repeat for each line tLine  in objectList

 if within(tLine,the mouseloc) then
 put tLine into tResult
   exit repeat
 end repeat

 end if
 if tResult
 end mousemove

 On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode <
 use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

 I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own amusement
> I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.
>
> For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
> Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through adjacent
> letters to make words.
>
> Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles (fields)
> triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it easy to pick up
> the
> letters.
>
> But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing I can
> get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I can use the
> mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the pointer, but
> it's too
> slow...
>
> Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other messages
> besides mouseloc()?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim Selander
> Tokyo, Japan
>
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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[J. Landman Gay via use-livecode]

You could also try comtrolAtLoc() which would avoid the loop.

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On March 11, 2017 3:51:04 AM Tim Selander via use-livecode 
 wrote:



Oh ho!

That does it, Mike. Many thanks!

Tim

On 2017.03.11, 18:35, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:

accidental send before complete. *sigh*

on mousemove
put 1 & cr & 2 into objectList -- just using control number for the
quick example
if the mouse is down then
   repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
  if within(control tLine,the mouseloc) then
 put tLine into tResult
 exit repeat
  end if
   end repeat
end if
if tResult is not empty then
   put tResult
else
   put "no result"
end if
end mousemove

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Mike Bonner  wrote:


mousemove works.  It does appear that "mousecontrol" doesn't fire when the
mouse is down so that is out.

You can also use "within" which is pretty fast.

Have a variable with a list of the objects you wish to check against (or
array, or whatever)
on mousemove

if the mouse is down then

repeat for each line tLine  in objectList

if within(tLine,the mouseloc) then
put tLine into tResult
  exit repeat
end repeat

end if
if tResult
end mousemove

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:


I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own amusement
I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.

For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through adjacent
letters to make words.

Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles (fields)
triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it easy to pick up the
letters.

But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing I can
get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I can use the
mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the pointer, but it's too
slow...

Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other messages
besides mouseloc()?

Thanks,

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan

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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Tim Selander via use-livecode]

Oh ho!

That does it, Mike. Many thanks!

Tim

On 2017.03.11, 18:35, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:

accidental send before complete. *sigh*

on mousemove
put 1 & cr & 2 into objectList -- just using control number for the
quick example
if the mouse is down then
   repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
  if within(control tLine,the mouseloc) then
 put tLine into tResult
 exit repeat
  end if
   end repeat
end if
if tResult is not empty then
   put tResult
else
   put "no result"
end if
end mousemove

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Mike Bonner  wrote:


mousemove works.  It does appear that "mousecontrol" doesn't fire when the
mouse is down so that is out.

You can also use "within" which is pretty fast.

Have a variable with a list of the objects you wish to check against (or
array, or whatever)
on mousemove

if the mouse is down then

repeat for each line tLine  in objectList

if within(tLine,the mouseloc) then
put tLine into tResult
  exit repeat
end repeat

end if
if tResult
end mousemove

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:


I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own amusement
I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.

For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through adjacent
letters to make words.

Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles (fields)
triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it easy to pick up the
letters.

But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing I can
get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I can use the
mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the pointer, but it's too
slow...

Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other messages
besides mouseloc()?

Thanks,

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan

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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Mike Bonner via use-livecode]

accidental send before complete. *sigh*

on mousemove
   put 1 & cr & 2 into objectList -- just using control number for the
quick example
   if the mouse is down then
  repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
 if within(control tLine,the mouseloc) then
put tLine into tResult
exit repeat
 end if
  end repeat
   end if
   if tResult is not empty then
  put tResult
   else
  put "no result"
   end if
end mousemove

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Mike Bonner  wrote:

> mousemove works.  It does appear that "mousecontrol" doesn't fire when the
> mouse is down so that is out.
>
> You can also use "within" which is pretty fast.
>
> Have a variable with a list of the objects you wish to check against (or
> array, or whatever)
> on mousemove
>
> if the mouse is down then
>
> repeat for each line tLine  in objectList
>
> if within(tLine,the mouseloc) then
> put tLine into tResult
>  exit repeat
> end repeat
>
> end if
> if tResult
> end mousemove
>
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own amusement
>> I'm trying to recreate it in Livecode.
>>
>> For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
>> Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through adjacent
>> letters to make words.
>>
>> Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles (fields)
>> triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it easy to pick up the
>> letters.
>>
>> But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing I can
>> get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I can use the
>> mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the pointer, but it's too
>> slow...
>>
>> Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other messages
>> besides mouseloc()?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim Selander
>> Tokyo, Japan
>>
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Re: Messages sent while mouse is down?

[Mike Bonner via use-livecode]

mousemove works.  It does appear that "mousecontrol" doesn't fire when the
mouse is down so that is out.

You can also use "within" which is pretty fast.

Have a variable with a list of the objects you wish to check against (or
array, or whatever)
on mousemove

if the mouse is down then

repeat for each line tLine  in objectList

if within(tLine,the mouseloc) then
put tLine into tResult
 exit repeat
end repeat

end if
if tResult
end mousemove

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:02 AM, Tim Selander via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I miss the Zynga "Pathwords" game on Facebook, so for my own amusement I'm
> trying to recreate it in Livecode.
>
> For those who don't know the game, it had a solid screenful of
> Scrabble-like lettered tiles. Click and drag the mouse through adjacent
> letters to make words.
>
> Without clicking, simply moving the mouse through the tiles (fields)
> triggers mouseenter, mouseleave, etc. which makes it easy to pick up the
> letters.
>
> But when the mouse is down, it seems mouseloc() is the only thing I can
> get. Using a variable what has all the field rectangles, I can use the
> mouseloc() to ultimately identify the field under the pointer, but it's too
> slow...
>
> Does a moving mouse with the button down trigger any other messages
> besides mouseloc()?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim Selander
> Tokyo, Japan
>
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