Determining direction of Mouse Movement

[Danneman]

Hi,

Is there a way to determine the direction in which the mouse-cursor is moving (up/down)?

Kinda like a constant listener, or something.

I only know about the onMouseMove-function, but it doesnt seem to come with parameters for direction.

Maby there is something that can be done with the:

_ymouse

..parameter. Something similar to:

_ymouse ++;

..to indicate the mouse-cursor is moving downwards.

Thanks

[Seticus]

given to a frame:this.onMouseMove = function() {
if (_root._ymouse<prevpos) {
trace("going up");
} else if (_root._ymouse>prevpos) {
trace("going down");
}
prevpos = _root._ymouse;
};is probably the easiest way to tell you the direction of the mouse :)

[scotty]

Seticus, that was my text:smirk:
*beaten*

scotty(-:

[Seticus]

Next time, I'll wait a sec :whistle:

[Danneman]

Originally posted by Seticus
given to a frame:this.onMouseMove = function() {
if (_root._ymouse<prevpos) {
trace("going up");
} else if (_root._ymouse>prevpos) {
trace("going down");
}
prevpos = _root._ymouse;
};is probably the easiest way to tell you the direction of the mouse :)

Simple and beautiful - just what code should be like.

Thanks a lot, Seticus :)

[Seticus]

you're welcome