I realize I should have included the object selection in the mouseDoubleDown handler:
on mouseDoubleDown choose pointer tool select the mouseControl end mouseDoubleDown Also, if controls will have code that can be activated, you may want to use the these handlers in a front script to preempt the controls' code from firing. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 4/12/16, 3:05 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >If I understand what you're attempting, the following should get you >going, as long as you select an object immediately upon mouseDoubleDown. > >Create a backScript with the following script: > >on mouseDoubleDown > choose pointer tool >end mouseDoubleDown > >on selectedObjectChanged > if the mouseControl is empty then choose browse tool >end selectedObjectChanged > > >When the pointer tool is enabled and you click between objects, you should >continue to select whatever is clicked, until clicking on the card, which >should then switch to the browse tool. > >Note that the mouseDoubleDown trigger won't work with an unlocked field. > >Regards, > >Scott Rossi >Creative Director >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > >On 4/12/16, 2:24 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Peter Bogdanoff" ><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of bogdan...@me.com> >wrote: > >>Thanks, Scott that works…however... >> >>I’m experimenting with a tool interface for an application where the user >>works with buttons, fields, and draw objects (sort of like Apple Pages or >>Preview). I'm seeing if I can come up with a simple tool strategy that >>doesn’t require the user to keep track of, or even know which tool is >>chosen, only that the object can be edited (selected, moved and resized) >>by something other than a normal single click. Then, clicking off the >>object would set things back to normal run. Fields might be selected by a >>single click and text changed by a double click (as in Preview). >> >>Has anyone tried this kind of interface? >> >>Peter >> >> >>On Apr 11, 2016, at 11:29 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >> >>> Not sure what you're actually building but if you don't want to use a >>>key >>> press to change tools, can you simply toggle the tool? >>> >>> >>> on mouseDoubleDown >>> if the tool is "browse tool" then >>> choose pointer tool >>> else choose browse tool >>> end mouseDoubleDown >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Scott Rossi >>> Creative Director >>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/11/16, 11:12 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Peter Bogdanoff" >>> <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of bogdan...@me.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I have a script in a button: >>>> >>>> on mouseDoubleDown >>>> choose pointer tool >>>> select me >>>> end mouseDoubleDown >>>> >>>> I move the button around, etc. >>>> >>>> Now I want to click off of the button and choose the browse tool by >>>>just >>>> clicking on the card. >>>> >>>> mouseUp, and other click messages aren¹t sent because I¹m not using >>>>the >>>> browse tool. >>>> >>>> How might the card receive a mouse click in that mode? >>>> >>>> The mouseMove message is always sent and I can use that when the mouse >>>> leaves the button, but I really only want to choose the browse tool >>>>with >>>> a click on the card. >>>> >>>> Is there another way? >>>> >>>> Peter Bogdanoff >>>> UCLA >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 _______________________________________________ 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
