Julian, If I had to approach this in the tool SDK I would probably just store the relative mouse offset that was applied while shift-dragging and add this onto the input mouse position when not shift-dragging.
That way the spotlight position wouldn't jump or change when using shift-dragging. (because the offset would cancel out the effect of shift-dragging) You should also consider sharing the source code so others can help you improve the tool. -- Brent -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Julian Sent: 09 January 2013 22:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Place Highlight Tool On 09/01/2013 21:00, Brent McPherson wrote: > Just curious. > > Did you keep the shift modifier key from the original tool as a way to > adjust the distance of the light from the surface? (Don't have a build > I can use to install the tool right now...) > -- > Brent Hi Brent, I intended all along to do that but I couldn't figure out how to resolve the fact that if you adjusted the mouse position with the Shift key down (adjusting the distance the light travelled from the intersection point) and then released the Shift key the specular highlight would then snap to the new mouse position. Ideally, it would be nice if the scroll wheel on the mouse could be used to control the light 'height'... Julian
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