Scott.
Right. We need an "objectDeselected" message. I saw nothing in the message watcher that seemed ripe for exploitation. "mouseUp" and "mouseDown" were the only ones that seemed so, along with a few obscure others, and they would have to be handled way up as well. But is it so onerous to have the high-level handler? Simple, can be buried somewhere, and works, as you say. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> To: LiveCode Mail List <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Fri, Sep 27, 2013 7:57 pm Subject: Re: Detecting SelectedObjectChanged When Clicking Another Control? Hi Craig: If I understand what you're proposing, you would need to place the script that handles the selection detection at the card or stack level, or in a front or backScript. This is what I'm doing already (backScript), and it works fine. But I'm looking for an object-level method that doesn't need to track *all* selections. I should have explained this better. >From what I've found, the clicked object itself can detect when it is selected, but I'm hoping there's an object-level option that tells it when it's *deselected*. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 9/27/13 4:43 PM, "dunb...@aol.com" <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: >Scott. > > >Oh, I see, you want to know when you deselect, and there is no >"deSelectedObjectChanged" message. > > >Can't you set a custom property when the object of interest is selected, >and check the target when the "selectedObjectChanged" message fires, and >if that new target is not that original object, let you know? > > >Craig > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> >To: LiveCode Mail List <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >Sent: Fri, Sep 27, 2013 7:16 pm >Subject: Detecting SelectedObjectChanged When Clicking Another Control? > > >Hi All: > >I recently ran into a situation where I need to trap selectedObjectChanged >after clicking on something other than the selected control (as opposed to >clicking on the card where nothing is selected). Can you detect this >without resorting to a front/backScript or a card/stack-level script? > >I have a control that changes its state when it is selected, and I need to >revert that state when the object is deselected. Starting with the >selected control, if I click on the card (click nothing), the control gets >the selectedObjectChanged message and can be reset. But if I click on >another object, there doesn't seem to be a built-in way for the control to >detect this. > >I've resorted to loading a backScript to tell the original control that it >has been deselected, but this seems fragile and I'm wondering if there's a >better way to handle this. > >Thanks for suggestions. > >Regards, > >Scott Rossi >Creative Director >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > >_______________________________________________ >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
