detecting mouse still down over a button

[wilcdr]

Hi all,

Is there a way to keep executing some script while a mouse button is held down on top of a button? If you put in a on (press) event it will only do it once, but I want whatever is in the on (press) action of the button to keep executing while I have the mouse button still down.

Thanks!

Willy

 

[oldnewbie]

What is the script you want repeated while the mouse button is held down?

ldnewbie

 

[wilcdr]

I want to do something like this:

I have one object on the stage I want to move around, and I have four arrows on the screen to control it (and no, I can't use the keyboard for this one) to go up, down, left and right. Right now I have it so that you have to keep clicking one button to, say, keep moving the object to the left. I want to make it so that it moves to the left continuously while I hold down the left arrow button.

Thanks!

Willy

 

[wangbar]

You can set up a variable that tells a script if the button is being pressed. For instance on a button to send an object on the screen to the left add this to the button..

on (press) {
_root.leftPressed = true;
}
on (release) {
_root.leftPressed = false;
}

and add this as a clip event to your movieClip...

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.leftPressed) {
_x--;
}
}

You can cut and paste from this to create move right, up and down behaviours.

 

[wilcdr]

Ah... thanks for the reply. So there is no mouseStillDown property of something I can check against, eh?

Willy

 

[wangbar]

Maybe in Flash 6 ;-)

 

[oldnewbie]

I also heard Flash 6 would come up bundled with every movie everybody ever imagined! Imagine! Nothing to fight against and no more search for workarounds! How boring will that be?

ldnewbie