On Wed, 17 May 2000, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> On 5/17/00 9:52 AM, Scott Raney at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >> It wouldn't be infinite if we could catch mouse clicks outside of the
> >> window.
> >>
> >> Any way to do that, anyone?
> >
> > Not that I can think of, because the OS doesn't provide this feature.
> > I.e., what business is it of yours if the user clicks in another
> > application?
>
> It's not another app: I have MC's backdrop showing?
Ah, so what you're really asking for is a way to get mouse events that
are sent to the backdrop. Any suggestions on how this should be done?
The usual messages sent to some object you specify, or maybe some
special set of messages sent to the current card or stack?
> > And I also agree with Hugh: any design that relies on events to break
> > out of a repeat loop deserves to be rethought because there is almost
> > always a better way.
>
> "Click to continue" is a pretty common convention.
True, but that doesn't mean you have to wait in a repeat loop for the
click. And it's always been my experience that you have to click in
the dialog to get it to continue...
Regards,
Scott
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