This works with a checkbox button... Checkbox button named "Check":
on mouseUp put the hilite of me into msg end mouseUp on MouseUpWithHilite set hilite of me to not hilite of me mouseup end MouseUpWithHilite Some other button: on mouseUp send MouseUpWithHilite to btn "Check" end mouseUp However it does not work so well with a regular button. The effects of hilite on a regular button don't match the effect of clicking it. The effect could probably be duplicated, but hilite isn't enough in itself. And it would also need to be changed from a toggle effect to a delayed effect like so: on MouseUpWithHilite set hilite of me to true send StopHilite to me in 1 sec mouseup end MouseUpWithHilite on StopHilite set the hilite of me to false end StopHilite But as I said, the hilite by itself isn't enough. Probably need to add some color change, etc. This method has one advantage over "click at" however, in that it works even if the checkbox is hidden, in another stack, behind another object, off the edge of the card, or blocked by another window. The "click at" command would fail to handle those situations properly. ~ Chris Innanen ~ Nonsanity On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Robert Brenstein <r...@robelko.com> wrote: > On 15.02.11 at 12:14 -0500 Nonsanity apparently wrote: > >> It would be better to do something like add another handler to the button: >> >> on MouseUpWithHilite >> set hilite of me to not hilite of me >> mouseup >> end MouseUpWithHilite >> >> And send THAT message to the button from afar. This way, the existing >> MouseUp handler in the button works as expected, and this message has the >> same result as clicking the button (toggling the hilite in the process) >> and >> enacting the MouseUp handler. >> >> ~ Chris Innanen >> ~ Nonsanity >> > > Chris, > > The above won't work as intended, it will turn the hilite on for good. > You would need to add a delay and reverse the hilite before continuing with > mouseUp. > > The click command simulates user physically clicking the button, which > I believe was the effect that original poster wanted. > > > Robert > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode