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From: Opera Rat on 17 Aug 2006 04:51
I've used Gary Rosenzweig's script from "Using Director MX" for a drop down
menu. He uses the property pPressed to test if the mouse button is held down
in order to open and select menu items. So it's a drag-and-let-go menu. I
would like it to function like the Dropdown list behavior in the library. Only
I want to use sprites and not a field. That behavior closes the pop-up window
if you click on the stage outside of the pop-up. It opens the pop-up with a
click and allows the user to make a choice with a click. If anyone is familiar
with Gary's script how would I modify it to do these events with a mouse click
instead of by the state of the mouse button (down or up)? There must be a way
to determine if the mouse was clicked outside the dropdown and then close it.

From: Rob Dillon - Adobe Community Expert on 17 Aug 2006 09:05
mouseUpOutside is the function to detect a mouse release outside a
sprite when the mouseDown event happened over the same sprite.

It is most commonly used to return a sprite's member change back to the
default member if a user drags off and releases the mouse after clicking
on a sprite.

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From: Opera Rat on 17 Aug 2006 16:07
Hmmm. I'm doing something wrong and I know what it is, I just don't know how
to fix it.

I set the pClicked state to true when the user clicks on the menu header, but
if you click on a choice the pClicked is still true but I don't want it to be.
I need a one click on and another click off. Or a click on this and off.
Please have a look at my botch job script. Thanks

--In the cast there should be a member for each menu "header" and 2 members
for each
--dropdown member (the member in a normal state and one in a highlighted state
that
--appends the name hilite it.
--This script SHOULD open the menu when you click on the menu header then
--allow the user to make a choice from the dropdown menu by clicking on the
desired
--item. The menu should disappear when the mouse leaves the dropdown menu.
--Attach this behavior to the menu header


--get dropdown sprites for the header

property pSpriteList, pMemberList, pClicked

on getPropertyDescriptionList me
list = [:]
addProp list, #pSpriteList, [#comment: "Sprite List",\
#format: #list, #default: []]
return list
end


on beginSprite me
pMemberList = [:]
repeat with i in pSpriteList
addProp pMemberList, i, sprite(i).member.name
end repeat
hidePopup(me)
end


on mouseUp me
showPopup(me)
end

--on mouseLeave me
-- hidePopup(me)
--end


on mouseUpOutSide me
pClicked = FALSE
hidePopup(me)
end


on showPopup me
pClicked = TRUE
repeat with i in pSpriteList
sprite(i).member = member pMemberList.getProp(i)
end repeat
end

on hidePopup me
pClicked = FALSE
repeat with i = 1 to pSpriteList.count
sprite(pSpriteList[i]).memberNum = 0
end repeat
end

on exitFrame me
if pClicked then
showPopup(me)
s = the rollover
if (pSpriteList.getOne(s)) then
sprite(s).member = member (pMemberList.getProp(s)&&"hilite")
end if
end if
end

on select me
s = the rollover
if (pSpriteList.getOne(s)) then
alert pMemberList.getProp(s)
end if
end

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