On 6/15/2017 9:10 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: > On 2017-06-15 14:37, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi friends, >> >> I know that widget ignore "mouseevents" (up/down/move etc.) if not >> explicitley scripted in them. >> OK, but is it neccessary that they also "eat" mouseevents? I hope not! >> >> Example: card script: >> on mousemove x,y >> put x && y into fld 1 >> end mousemove >> >> Works until you e.g. place a "browser widget" onto the card. >> No info in field 1 while the cursor is over the widget. > > Widgets do need to post events they want script to receive (including > mouseMove) so they have to be coded to allow this - we're still > figuring out the best way for this to work to make things more uniform > and to cut down on code in the widgets people write. > > In regards to the browser widget, then that's a separate issue. It is > a native control, so the engine doesn't get a look in at the events it > gets at present (I have a vague idea how we might get this to work - > but it is still a little vague at present!).
I would argue that for widgets to really be accepted as any other control, they need to accept and pass through, if no handler is present, a "standard" set of LiveCode messages. Various LiveCode controls have messages that most users expect are specific to the control - menupick or scrollbarDrag for example.Then there are a set of messages most, if not all, LiveCode users expect any control to accept and pass if no handler is present - mouseEnter, mouseWith, mouseLeave, mouseDown, mouseStillDown, mouseUp (and probably some more). Obviously, we could learn LCB and edit every widget we use to add our own events, but I see this overhead as a barrier that will deter widget adoption. Please consider defining a set of standard messages all LC controls accept and pass and enabling Widgets to do the same. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode