Thanks for the info, folks. Frankly, the field method seems better to me. I’ll use the “on mouse move x,y” method. I’ve already got it implemented, except that I was putting all of the action inside a repeat while loop, which was causing recursion limit problems occasionally. But, since the mouseMove message is initiated when the mouse moves, I won’t need to enclose the whole thing in a repeat while loop.
Thanks for the discussion. Best, Bill On Nov 19, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Alejandro Tejada <capellan2...@gmail.com> wrote: > dunbarx wrote >> [snip] >> A field that tracks the mouseLoc is really much nicer, >> since many "mouseMove" messages are sent in a >> short time while the cursor is on the march. >> Can you do that? >> make it appear and disappear, >> and track? >> The toolTip handles that automatically, >> but is not as smooth at all. > > Could this work? > > Here is a very simple method: > > 1- Create a small field named "cursorpos" > 2- Create an opaque rectangle graphic > and put this script in the graphic: > > on mousemove x,y > set the layer of fld cursorpos to the layer of me + 1 > put x,y into fld cursorpos > set the topleft of fld cursorpos to x+20,y > end mousemove > > on mouseleave > hide fld cursorpos > end mouseleave > > on mouseenter > show fld cursorpos > end mouseenter > > Use contrasting colors for the background > of the graphic and the small field. > > Al > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/LC-Server-on-DreamHost-tp4685924p4686058.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
