I have a fancy movie clip (with text and other movie clips inside it)
that I want to drag
I can only drag internal parts of the movie clip but not the whole movie clip.
My NOT working example:
http://www.internetmotors.lv/temp/testgame_5.swf
http://www.internetmotors.lv/temp/testgame_5.fla (cs5)
Code:
drag_1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, clickToDrag);
function clickToDrag(event:MouseEvent):void
{
event.target.startDrag();
}
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, releaseToDrop);
function releaseToDrop(event:MouseEvent):void
{
event.target.stopDrag();
}
answering my own question:
it seems i need to use
event.currentTarget.startDrag();
instead of:
event.target.startDrag();
Related
Sorry this is so specific but I have combed through so many pages and videos and tutorials and can't figure this out.
I have all of my animations within a MovieClip. In the movie clip is also a stage sized white square button with the instance name "btn". Back on the main stage I have a second layer called "actions" with the following code applied to the first (and only) frame. It's not working. At all. (HUGE) tia
stop(); // this will stop the movie from playing at the start
btn.addEventListener((MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, playMovie);
btn.addEventListener((MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, stopMovie);
function playMovie(evt:MouseEvent):void {
play();
}
function stopMovie(evt:MouseEvent):void {
stop();
}
The problem is when you say play(); or stop(); which object are you really commanding? Your playMovie function could be in theory used to control many MovieClips at once, in different ways, so be specific with your commands...
btn.play(); //start the playback of "btn" MC
btn.stop(); //stop the playback of "btn" MC
Also consider using MOUSE_OVER/OUT instead ROLL_OVER/OUT etc but whatever works for you.
For reversing you will use btn.prevFrame(); together with an ENTER_FRAME event function. This function reads your Document settings for the FPS. For example, if you set 30 frames-per-sec then whatever instructions you put inside the event function will be processed 30 times per second.
See this other Answer for advice about reversing the playback of a MovieClip.
#VC.One is correct in how you should implement a solve to your issue, however in response to your comment on their answer, I thought I would demonstrate how to implement this fully for you - incase they don't.
var removeUpdate = false;
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, playMovie);
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, stopMovie);
function playMovie(evt:MouseEvent):void {
// Stop rewinding the movie clip and play it
if(removeUpdate){
stage.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update);
removeUpdate = false;
}
// play our button
btn.play();
}
function stopMovie(evt:MouseEvent):void {
// stop our button
btn.stop();
// ... and rewind it
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update);
removeUpdate = true;
}
function update(evt: Event){
// moves the button movie clip backwards one frame.
btn.prevFrame();
// If we have finished rewinding the movie clip, then stop
if(btn.currentFrame == 1){
stage.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update);
removeUpdate = false;
}
}
It is important that you remove the update event because if you don't, the movie will never play again, because it will go one frame forward and then back again every frame due to; btn.play(); btn.prevFrame();
I'am drag game scene in Flash project (mouse down - start drag, mouse up - stop drag). If I mouse up outside stage, click on any object (buttons) don't work once. After one click other click works fine. What's wrong?
update: Trace logs shown that there event as mouseOver, mouseDown, mouseUp, mouseOut are dispatches, but not CLICK.
update: There is silencer of first click after drag in the project. It's necessary to eliminate situation of end drag on some game object (dispath click). Sorry. Thank you all for answers.
You might be losing focus when leaving the stage. Try using (Event.MOUSE_LEAVE) to 'force' a mouse_up.
something like this:
private var _draggedItem:Sprite;
myDisplayObject.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
private function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
_draggedItem = event.currentTarget as Sprite;
_draggedItem.startDrag();
_draggedItem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);
stage.addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_LEAVE, stageMouseOutHandler);
}
private function stopDragCurrentItem():void {
if (_draggedItem) {
_draggedItem.stopDrag();
_draggedItem.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);
if (stage) {
stage.removeEventListener(Event.MOUSE_LEAVE, stageMouseOutHandler);
}
_draggedItem = null;
}
}
private function mouseUpHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
stopDragCurrentItem();
}
private function stageMouseOutHandler(event:Event):void {
trace("stage out!")
stopDragCurrentItem();
}
update:
And concerning the lost focus, you cold do the following in html where you embed your flash:
<object classid="..." codebase="...." width=550 height=400
name="myMovie" onmouseover="window.document.myMovie.focus();">
though i haven't tested it.
I have a movie clip where I've placed start drag and stop drag actions, and I'd like to activate a button action (run a movie clip named person_mo) with the ReleaseToDrop function. However, I cannot code it correctly. Here is the AS I have for the drag:
stop();
/* Drag and Drop
Makes the specified symbol instance moveable with drag and drop.
*/
SCOPE2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, fl_ClickToDrag);
function fl_ClickToDrag(event:MouseEvent):void
{
SCOPE2.startDrag();
}
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, fl_ReleaseToDrop);
function fl_ReleaseToDrop(event:MouseEvent):void
{
SCOPE2.stopDrag();
}
How can I play the person_mo movie clip and stop the drag?
After I tested your code, your stopDrag function is working well. You just need to fire your event/function/ command when you fire the ReleaseToDrop function.
stop();
/* Drag and Drop
Makes the specified symbol instance moveable with drag and drop.
*/
SCOPE2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, fl_ClickToDrag);
function fl_ClickToDrag(event:MouseEvent):void
{
SCOPE2.startDrag();
}
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, fl_ReleaseToDrop);
function fl_ReleaseToDrop(event:MouseEvent):void
{
SCOPE2.stopDrag();
person_mo.play(); // if you want to run the movie clip
yourFunction(); //or else if you want a function to fire, simply add yourFunction which fires the button action.
}
I hope this helps.
I'm running into some problems with making the movie clip so I can drag it about the stage. The scenario: the user clicks a button that spawns the movie clip to the stage, from there they can move the item around the stage - it's a draggable object. I can make it so the movieClip spawns, I can make it so it drags... but i can't make it do both, once I try to attach the drag function. Any pointers please? I'm new to as3! :-)
spawner_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, spawnspinkjewel);
function spawnspinkjewel(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var myChild:pink_jewel= new pink_jewel();
stage.addChild(myChild)
myChild.x=300;
myChild.y=150;
}
pink_jewel.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickupblack_pink_jewel);
pink_jewel.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropblack_pink_jewel);
function pickupblack_pink_jewel(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.startDrag(true);
}
function dropblack_pink_jewel(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.stopDrag();
}
You added the listeners to the incorrect object.
Change this:
pink_jewel.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickupblack_pink_jewel);
pink_jewel.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropblack_pink_jewel);
To this:
myChild.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickupblack_pink_jewel);
myChild.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropblack_pink_jewel);
Alright, what i need it's simple but its driving me crazy, i want to know if AS3 detects my mouse inside a movieclip.
For example, i have a movieclip instanced "BEframes" which is inside movieclip "BE1" and i want to put him inside a new movieclip instanced "roll". So the order would be roll > BE1 > BEframes.
I want to know if flash will only detect "roll" or he will detect all movieclips, thank you,
for(i=1;i<=77;i++){
var str:String =("BE" + i);
this[str].BEframes.gotoAndStop(i);
this[str].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clique);
this[str].addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, over);
this[str].addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, out);
}
function clique(evt:MouseEvent):void{
var botao:String = evt.currentTarget.name.toString();
var num:String = botao.replace("BE", "");
parede_esquerda.gotoAndStop(num);
}
function out(evt:MouseEvent):void {
evt.currentTarget.gotoAndPlay("out");
}`enter code here`
function over(evt:MouseEvent):void {
evt.currentTarget.gotoAndPlay("over");
}
*
Probably, you should use MOUSE_OVER and MOUSE_OUT instead of ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT.
this[str].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, over);
this[str].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, out);
To avoid receiving mouseEvent for movieClips set mouseEnabled to false, i.e if you don't want clip roll's mouse event setroll.mouseEnabled = false so that the object below will receive mouseEvent