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Interactive 2D shapes question
- Nov 6, 2011 at 1:25AM
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Eduardo Garcia
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Hello again:
I am trying to do some interactive 2D shapes, like buttons that change color for example, in EJS.
I am having a problem with making them "clickable". If I choose the 2DShape to not be dragable, the object I make cannot be made clickable, so I can't execute functions when the user clicks on it.
The only way I have found to make them clickable is to make them dragable in either direction. If I choose "Dragable: ENABLED_NONE" they become not clickable.
Is there a way to make them clickable but not dragable?
Thank you for your time and patience.
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Re: Interactive 2D shapes question - Nov 07 2011 1:24PM
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Francisco Esquembre
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Hum! (That's my favorite expression when someone asks for something I had not foreseen :-) )
Yes. ENABLED_NONE makes the object not insensitive to clicks.
If you enable it, you risk the user will move it in the X direction, in the Y direction, or both.
No other possibility, I am afraid. At least not yet. I would need to implement this if we find this is a good idea.
There is a workaround, though. Set the "Draggable" property to ENABLED_X. And if xPos[] is the array of the positions of the elements of the set and if you click on a given index, force the value of xPos[index] in the "On drag"action. This has the effect of repositioning the element in case the user moved it.
It's not very clean, but it should work.
If you insist, I can implement a new "Draggable" option, one that makes it responsive (i.e. clickable) but will not let the user move it at all.
Paco
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Re: Re: Interactive 2D shapes question - Nov 12 2011 7:45PM
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Eduardo Garcia
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Hello.
Thank you for your response, your solution works nicely!
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Re: Interactive 2D shapes question - Jan 07 2012 12:43PM
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Geraggelos Thanasis
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I think there is a simpler way.
You can define a variable lets say (v) which is the X or Y position of another object
Now if you define the clickable object position X or Y indirect, lets say (v+10)
it is clickable and not dragable. That is what I use in my models.
Geraggelos Thanasis
Post edited January 7, 2012 at 12:46 PM EST.
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Re: Re: Interactive 2D shapes question - Jan 13 2012 12:54PM
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Francisco Esquembre
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Brilliant, Geraggelos!
Actually, you could use the variable of its own position (say x) and set the property to x+0.
Paco
PS: No, I didn't design it like this on purpose! :-)
Post edited January 13, 2012 at 12:50 PM EST.
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