Kay C Lan wrote:
is it really the case that you can move the mouse fast, but stop it in an object and not have the mouseEnter message sent?
It used to be, some years ago when I was first grappling with it. I was able to get the mouse into an object rect without the engine noticing. It probably makes a difference if you have other processing going on at the same time too (like "send in time" messaging that calls long handlers.) Actually, that was one reason I changed over to mousemove in another app. I originally started with mouseEnter but it wasn't working consistently, maybe because I had other long handlers completing at the same time. Things have probably improved by now but I've stuck with my mousemove approach because it's an easy one-liner, reliable, and doesn't seem to interfere with anything.
I do use mouseEnter too, it depends on the situation (and it's probably just a matter of personal preference which you choose anyway.) Your point about only triggering one entry point is valid. There are lots of situations where that's preferable.
I've extensively used mouseEnter for pop-up text activation and have never noticed it didn't work. Isn't this what the Engine uses for ToolTips?
It does usually work, so people shouldn't get the idea that it's error-riddled or anything -- and I think the engine does use it for tooltips. But I have occasionally seen tooltips missed too.
Obviously this isn't extensive testing, but if people are experiencing mouseEnter messages not being sent, isn't this an Engine problem that should be sent the QCC?
It would be if I were more sure it was Rev's fault. I see tooltip failures in other apps routinely (maybe this is only an OS X problem; that's what I mostly use.) Photoshop Elements is terrible about it, sometimes missing up to half of them. So I'm not convinced it's Rev, it seems to be everywhere on my machine. I wonder if it's OS-related. Or maybe it's all the stuff I run in the background all the time.
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