Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
I can see the wisdom of this before we had the topLeft and bottomRight properties. You could simply parse the first two items and the last two items and get the same thing. Bob S On Jan 10, 2015, at 09:50 , Richard Gaskin mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote: Like most languages, LiveCo

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Colin Holgate
Look at doing the move without messages. *move* btn "btnA" to 95,102 without messages etc. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http:/

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Shawn Blc
Using the code for my menu it looks good, but I can easily confuse LC by clicking fast, sometimes two buttons will move, other times three. Most of the time all four buttons will drop (correctly), but like I said, by clicking fast I can easily confuse LC. On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Shawn Bl

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Shawn Blc
Thanks. Colin I used your idea, then Richards. Both work! Here's what I ended up with. *on* mouseMove x,y *put* "Object: "& the name of the target && the loc of the target &\ cr&"Mouse: "& x,y into fld "lblLocation" *end* mouseMove I'm doing not anything ground-breaking here. Jus

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread dunbarx
lled out in the dictionary. Well what do you know? Craig -Original Message- From: Richard Gaskin To: use-livecode Sent: Sat, Jan 10, 2015 12:51 pm Subject: Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode Shawn Bl wrote: > I'm trying to find the x,y coordinates with a mouse hover t

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread dunbarx
48 pm Subject: Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode You may notice by now the similarity between your suggestion and what I suggested. One slight difference is that I tested mine first, and discovered that mousewithin doesn’t work as a card script, at least not on its own. Reading

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Richard Gaskin
Colin Holgate wrote: > I suggested. One slight difference is that I tested mine first, > and discovered that mousewithin doesn’t work as a card script, > at least not on its own. Reading the dictionary it seems that > a mousewithin handler has to be inside the object itself. Coordinates are a goo

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Richard Gaskin
Shawn Bl wrote: I'm trying to find the x,y coordinates with a mouse hover to find the location of buttons on my card. Perhaps a little stack or something. Trying to create a menu and need to the x,y coordinates for several buttons. Like most languages, LiveCode provides a way to express the

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Colin Holgate
You may notice by now the similarity between your suggestion and what I suggested. One slight difference is that I tested mine first, and discovered that mousewithin doesn’t work as a card script, at least not on its own. Reading the dictionary it seems that a mousewithin handler has to be insid

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread dunbarx
the "within" operator with a "mouseMove" message, for example. Craig -Original Message- From: Peter M. Brigham To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Sat, Jan 10, 2015 11:29 am Subject: Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode On Jan 10, 2015, at 10:47 AM, Shawn Blc wrote:

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Jan 10, 2015, at 10:47 AM, Shawn Blc wrote: > I'm trying to find the x,y coordinates with a mouse hover to find the > location of buttons on my card. > > Perhaps a little stack or something. Trying to create a menu and need to > the x,y coordinates for several buttons. What are you trying to

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Colin Holgate
A card script like this could be quicker: on mouseenter put the loc of the target end mouseenter Then you could point at each of the buttons and fields. > On Jan 10, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Roger Eller wrote: > > put the loc of btn "myButton" > On Jan 10, 2015 10:48 AM, "Shawn Blc" wrote: >

Re: [beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Roger Eller
put the loc of btn "myButton" On Jan 10, 2015 10:48 AM, "Shawn Blc" wrote: > I'm trying to find the x,y coordinates with a mouse hover to find the > location of buttons on my card. > > Perhaps a little stack or something. Trying to create a menu and need to > the x,y coordinates for several but

[beginner] x,y coordinates in LiveCode

2015-01-10 Thread Shawn Blc
I'm trying to find the x,y coordinates with a mouse hover to find the location of buttons on my card. Perhaps a little stack or something. Trying to create a menu and need to the x,y coordinates for several buttons. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-liv