self tidying buttons ('snap' into place)

[kidpablo]

I have a flash quiz type thing, which involves the user dragging quotes onto a choice of 2 movie clips then clicking submit to get the correct answers etc (you know the kind of thing).

My question is would it be possible to self tidy the buttons when they are dragged onto the MC's? For example quote 1 is released on the MC and it snaps straight into position 1, then when another quote is released it snaps neatly underneath into position 2 and so on....

The difficult part is that whatever qoute is dragged first, it needs to snap to the top, the second underneath, and so on...

I'd be extremely grateful if anyone can help.

Cheers.

[grandsp5]

If they are all the same height its pretty easy.

var numy = 0;
if(Math.abs(quote._x - xValueToSnapTo) < snapSize) && Math.abs(quote._y - yValueToSnapTo) < snapSize)
quote._x = xvaluetoSnapto);
quote._y = topYValue + quote.height*numY;
numY++;

[kidpablo]

Thanks! I kind of see what you mean, although I'm no flash wizard - so the code is a little confusing.

With this method, will it matter which quote is dragged first? Whichever is first needs to go to the top.

[kidpablo]

I'm having trouble implementing this script. Would you be able to give me a hand? For example - what do I put in place of 'snapSize' ?

thanks again

[grandsp5]

however many pixels you want it to snap at. For example, if its a big number, it will snap into place from relatively far away. Something around 10 should work pretty well.

[kidpablo]

I still can't get it to work - below is the code i'm using.



var numy = 0;
Math.abs(Q3_PP._x - 65) < 10); && Math.abs(Q3_PP._y - 75) < 10));
Q3_PP._x = 10);
Q3_PP._y = 65 + quote.height*numY;
numY++;

[grandsp5]

ill see if i can make up a fla.

[grandsp5]

here is something. it has some flaws which i will try and fix later

[kidpablo]

great! thanks ;)