OK. I'll try that! Thanks,
doug On 1/19/04 9:25 AM, "Scott Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/18/04 3:49 PM, "Doug Lerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Those don't truly *hide* the field, in the sense that if you check to see >>>> if >>>> the mouse is in the region of the field it still turns out to be true, even >>>> if the field is not visible. >>> >>> How are you testing the mouse? When I use the following script and the >>> field is hidden, the result is consistently false: >>> >>> put within(fld myField,the mouseLoc) >> >> if exists(field "canvas") and the mouseLoc is within the rectangle of field >> "canvas" then >> >> This shows true whether or not the field is hidden. > > That's because you're testing the rect of the field, which is a position on > the card, as opposed to testing if the mouse is within the field object > itself. Try testing the field itself as explained above. > > You can also gain speed improvements by testing variables instead of testing > physical objects. For example, you can use properties to store the presence > of the canvas field and its rect from other scripts, and then test the > properties, instead of testing the actual objects. Something like: > > on mouseDown > -- TEST THE SITUATION ONCE > if exists(fld "canvas") and the visible of fld "canvas" then > set the uCanvasRect of this cd to the rect of fld "canvas" > set the uCanvasReady of this cd to true > end if > end mouseDown > > on mouseMove X,Y > -- EXIT IF THE SITUATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE > if not the uCanvasReady of this cd then exit mouseMove > if (X&","&Y) is within the uCanvasRect of this cd then > -- do my stuff > else > -- do other stuff > end if > end mouseMove > > on mouseUp > hide fld "canvas" > set the uCanvasReady of this cd to false > end mouseUp > > > The above may not be completely appropriate to your situation but may give > you an idea of where to start. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, Development & Design > ----- > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: http://www.tactilemedia.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
