App pause while dragging window

[croivo]

I have simple count up code for my clock, and it works good but when I click (and hold or move) on border of the window it pause counting up until I release mouse click. How to 'fix' this to work ALL the time?
Here is my code:

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set the numberformat to 00
      add 1 to field ClockSec of card controller
      if field ClockSec of card controller = 60
      then
         add 1 to field ClockMin of card controller
         put 00 into field ClockSec of card controller
      else
      end if

[FourthWorld]

Can we see the full handler?

[croivo]

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on mouseUp
   If the label of ME is "Start" then
      set the label of ME to "Stop"
      set the backgroundcolour of ME to red
         DoCountUp
   else 
      set the label ME to "Start"
      set the backgroundcolour of ME to green
   end if
end mouseUp

on DoCountUp
   if label of ME is "Stop"
   then
      set the numberformat to 00
      add 1 to field GameClockSec of card controller

      if field GameClockSec of card controller = 60
      then
         add 1 to field GameClockMin of card controller
         put 00 into field GameClockSec of card controller
      else
      end if
      send "DoCountUp tNewTime" to me in 1 second
   end if
end DoCountUp

[Mark]

Hi,

You can't do what you want. When you drag a window, the IDE locks up until you release the mouse. However, there are smarter ways to update a time display. Here's an example:

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local lStartTime

on updateTime
  if lStartTime is empty then
    put the seconds into lStartTime
  end if
  put the seconds - lStartTime into myLapsedSeconds
  put myLapsedSeconds div 60 into myMinutes
  put myLapsedSeconds mod 60 into mySeconds
  put myMinutes & colon & mySeconds into fld "Time"
  // there are better ways to do this, but this is just an example
  send "updateTime" to me in 500 milliseconds
end updateTime

on stopTime
  put the pendingMessages into myMessages
  filter myMessages with "*updateTime*"
  repeat for each line myMsg in myMessages
    cancel item 1 of myMsg
  end repeat
end stopTime

Kind regards,

Mark

[Mark]

Hi again,

Starting from your moueeUp handler:

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on mouseUp
   If the label of ME is "Start" then
      set the label of ME to "Stop"
      set the backgroundcolour of ME to red
      updateTime
   else
      set the label ME to "Start"
      set the backgroundcolour of ME to green
      stopTime
   end if
end mouseUp

If you use my example, you'll need a field with the name "Time".

Kind regards,

Mark

[croivo]

Thanks Mark!
Can this maybe be new feature request for new version of LiveCode?

[jacque]

It is possible to respond to a window drag. Use a moveStack handler to send an update to your time field when that happens:

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on moveStack
  updateTime
end moveStack

You should use Mark's updateTime calculation because it calculates the correct time increase based on the current time, which will prevent errors in the time display.

[croivo]

Is there any handler that detects when the mouse has clicked on title bar of stack? moveStack works only when stack is moving...

[jacque]

Is there any handler that detects when the mouse has clicked on title bar of stack? moveStack works only when stack is moving...

Not really. What do you need to do?

[dunbarx]

Even "mouseMove" is not sent when the cursor is outside the rect of the card window, or that could be exploited. I wonder if that would be a nice feature, to have it in fact do so.

Anyway, I am with Jacque; what are you looking to do?

Craig Newman

[Klaus]

Hi all,

maybe the "moveStack" message can help here?
This is sent to the current card while the user drags the stack window!


Best

Klaus

[jacque]

The OP eliminated the movestack option:

moveStack works only when stack is moving...

[Klaus]

The OP eliminated the movestack option:

moveStack works only when stack is moving...

I promise to read and understand the complete thread the next time!

[croivo]

I have some count up timers in my stack and when you click on the title bar of an app, it pauses the count up timer. So I thought maybe I can do that count up code when the mouse is down on title bar...

[jacque]

I don't see any pause when I run a test handler on my Mac. What OS are you on? Also, post your count-up handler and we can look.