Yes, this is extremely annoying - I had to figure out a work-around (also for a language program).
The way I did it was clumsy, but seems to work. Whenever the scroll bar is covered by another sprite, I use a sendsprite to a custom handler in the text member to change it to a #fixed. Then, when it leaves, I sendsprite it back to #scrolling. I know, I know... not pretty. But it works. :) If you want to see it in action, you can download the vc2_setup.exe file at http://www.egyptianarabic.com/downloads/vc2/login.asp and run the demo version. When you get to the vocabulary list, click on the little "+" button by the waveforms at the bottom (thanks Gretchen for audio xtra :)) to see what happens when a sprite goes in front of the scroll bars. My sprite is not mobile, so I don't know if this would work or not for your popup keyboard. Hopefully this will get your creative processes going, and you can send me a better idea for our next upgrade. Regards, Andrew Dempsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:52 PM Subject: <lingo-l> Scroll bar issues > I'm working on a Spanish-language project. To enter accented characters > from an English system, we have a pop-up keyboard the user can click. > > The "keyboard" is just a sprite, and the user can drag it around the > screen. Some of the screens have text with scroll bars. > > When the user drags the keyboard over the scroll bar, it slides under > the scroll bar. I imagine it's because the scroll bar, being a system > scroll bar, is dts, and no matter what the zLoc of the keyboard, it will > always appear under the scroll bar. > > Ideas on how to get around this? > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
