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Create a panel using mouseEnter
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:06 am
by Gautami
Hi all,
I am trying to create a sot of panel of buttons that slides into view when the user's mouse hovers about it.
So this is what I have:
on mousemove
set the visible of group id "18974" to false
show group id "18974" with visual effect push right very fast
end mousemove
It works for the most part but the visual effect keeps getting repeated whenever i move to the next button.
Is there a way to make the group stay in play while the mouse in in that group??
Thank you and any help will be appreciated!
Gautami
Re: Create a panel using mouseEnter
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:53 am
by Klaus
Hi Gautami,
you have the answer in the post title, use "Mouseenter" and NOT "mousemove"!
"mousemove" is being sent CONTINUOUSLY while the mouse is moving, which
may be a bit disturbing in your case
Best
Klaus
Re: Create a panel using mouseEnter
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:12 pm
by Gautami
oops sorry, i am copying from all the wrong places :/
i get the problem with this:
on mouseEnter
set the visible of group id "18974" to false
show group id "18974" with visual effect push right very fast
end mouseEnter
when i place the cursor over this group it pops up yes, but when i move
the cursor, the group repeats the effect of pushing from the left.
I understand why it happens, but i would like to know if there is a
way to make this effect occur only once while the cursor is hovering over the buttons..
i want to user to move the cursor to the right and have the panel pop up and remain there while the user chooses a button to click. After that i would have the panel disappear.
Thanks for the response!
Regards,
G
Re: Create a panel using mouseEnter
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:26 pm
by Klaus
AHA!
Some hints:
1. Give your objects meaningful names!
I'm sure next week you do not know immediately what "group ID 123456789" is
2. And do not use QUOTES areound NUMBERS like IDs!
Well, you should check if you really need to show that group in your script!
If it is already visible, well then not
This is a quick guess, since I don't have any ida about your concept/app!
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on mouseEnter
## Group already visible? then get out of this handler!
if the visible of group "the popup group" = TRUE then
exit mouseenter
end if
## NOT visible, so show it:
show group "the popup group" with visual effect push right very fast
end mouseEnter
Best
Klaus
Re: Create a panel using mouseEnter
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:43 pm
by Gautami
HI Klaus,
You are like such a huge pillar of support arnd here!
Thanks for the all help.
But anyway, the code you provided stopped the panel (aka the group) from doing the sliding in effect.
I wish i can attach a video here to show what i wanted.
I had to
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set the visible of group "panel" to false
so that the sliding in effect kicks in.
"i want to user to move the cursor to the right and have the panel pop up and remain there while the user chooses a button to click. After that i would have the panel disappear"
uhm i don't know how to be more clearer haha, perhaps you can tell me which parts are unclear and I will explain.
G
Re: Create a panel using mouseEnter
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:47 pm
by Klaus
You can send me the stack, if you like, otherwise it might take some time before I get what you want
Send it to: klaus AT major-k.de
Re: Create a panel using mouseEnter
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:32 pm
by Gautami
Really??!!
Thank you so much!!
Sending it right now
G
Re: Create a panel using mouseEnter
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:56 pm
by jacque
It might be that you have not blocked the mouseEnter message in each button. If there is no handler in the button to catch the message, it will pass to the group and trigger it there.
You can do the block two different ways:
1. The easiest is to put an empty mouseEnter handler in each button:
on mouseEnter
end mouseEnter
That will trap the message and not pass it to the group.
2. In the group handler, check "the target" to make sure it is the group and not one of the buttons. If it isn't the group, don't do anything.