Rotating / Dragging objects

[onebigeye]

Hi there,

I have a bunch of draggable objects and I want to be able to rotate them. Is it best ( possible ? ) to rotate them based on keypress or how might you go about this.

Here is my keypress code so far ( draggin works - rotate doesn't )

on(press){
this.startDrag(true);
}
on(release) {
stopDrag();
}
onClipEvent (keyDown){
if (!Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)){
this._rotation += 45;
}
}


Thanks in advance!

[Iammontoya]

what are you trying to accomplish? Your code works fine, but what exactly would you like to accomplish?

[pom]

What version of Flash are you using ? Because this wirks well with Flash MX (on and onClipEvent on the same object), but not with Flash 5 (you'd have to put a button inside your clip).

pom :asian:

[onebigeye]

Hi there and thanks for the replies, I appreciate them!

What I am creating is an app that allows people to design their own apartment layout. Basically, I've got it working where someone can drag different pieces of furniture / appliances onto the floorplan and rotate / size the pieces as necessary. To accomplish the rotating / sizing feature, I've created a separate menu with buttons for each piece of furniture. ( see attached jpg )

Is it possible to create only one set of modifying buttons, which will automatically rotate / resize the item that is currently selected? I'm guessing this will require something like creating a variable that is updated and sent to the modifying buttons when an item is selected

Thanks in advance.

[onebigeye]

Hello,

Just wanted to thank you for the replies. I've been able to create a function that does what I want.

Thanks again.

[Iammontoya]

You're right!

You basically need a switch..

turn couch into a graphic
turn couch graphic into a button
turn couch button into an mc

put code on your buttons like this..

on frame 1 of your timeline, you could put something like this


var activebutton;



on your "couch" button (all your buttons)...


on(release){
_root.activebutton=this._name;

}


this way, you could check in your a/s to see what the value of activebutton is, and pass it to your code

then,

//change property somewhere else with a button



on(release){
active=_root.activebutton;
trace(active + _root.rotate + _root.height);

eval(active)._rotation=rotate;
eval(active)._height=height;


if you use duplicatemovieclips or attachmovieclips, make sure your original button, which is inside a movie clip has code attached to it. That way your code will always work regardless of instance name.

I hope this was helpful.