Resize rectangle but pin its left-top corner

[makeshyft]

Hi all of you Livecode geniuses....

I have 2 questions:

1. How do I resize a rectangle with a button BUT pin its top-left corner so that it remains where it is?

2. Can I resize this rectangle using an animation (visual effect)?

Thanks for any help.

Tom

[jmburnod]

Hi makeshyft,

Can I resize this rectangle using an animation (visual effect)?

Yes. Visual effect of your own playing with the rect

How do I resize a rectangle with a button BUT pin its top-left corner so that it remains where it is

An exemple of square resizing

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on mouseUp
   put the topleft of img 1 into tTL
   put the width of img 1 into tWidth
   put the height of img 1 into tHeight
   lock screen
   set the width of img 1 to round(tWidth/2)
   set the height of img 1 to round(tHeight/2)
   set the topleft of img 1 to tTL
   unlock screen
   wait 1 second
--playing with the rect
   put the rect of img 1 into tRect
   repeat 250
      add 1 to item 3 of tRect
      add 1 to item 4 of tRect
      set the rect of img 1 to tRect
      wait 10 milliseconds
   end repeat
end mouseUp

Best regards
Jean-Marc

[Simon]

another way:

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local tLoc
on mouseDown
     put the topLeft of grc 1 into tLoc
end mouseDown

on mouseStillDown
   set the height of grc 1 to the height of grc 1 + 1
   set the width of grc 1 to the width of grc 1 + 1
   set the topLeft of grc 1 to tLoc
end mouseStillDown

Simon

[makeshyft]

Thank you so much guys!!! Haven't tried it yet, but you guys seem uber-confident.

[Simon]

one change to mine:

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on mouseDown
   set the idleTicks to 1
   put the topLeft of grc 1 into tLoc
end mouseDown

Setting the idleTicks to 1 makes the animation smoother.

Simon

[jacque]

And yet another way:

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get the rect of grc 1
add 100 to item 3 of it
add 100 to item 4 of it
set the rect of grc 1 to it

[makeshyft]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I ended up finding a better solution to what I wanted to do .... open stack from an options menu...GENIUS!!!. I LOVE LIVECODE!!!!