Button Hit State
Hi,
I'm trying to make a simple a button with a movie clip as the
Up state, the same movie clip with a colour tint as the Over state,
the same again but nudged down and to the right as the Down state
and then movie clip broken apart so it is just the shape as the Hit
state.
I've done this loads of times before with Flash 8 which I was
previously using and no problem, but for some reason now, the
button is not affected unless the Hit state exceeds the size of the
original button and then the only bits that react are the part
outside of the main Up state. It's almost as though the Hit state
is at the bottom of the stacking order...
Has anyone come across this before or am I doing something
wrong and don't know?
Cheers
change your hit-state to a simple solid shape that covers
your up movieclip.
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I have a clip with a hit state that I want to target frame 1
of another clip on mouseover. (thumbnail effect) There is a stop
command on frame one of that secondary clip. On click , I want the
secondary clip to play from frame 2, till the end.
My problem is that Im not experienced with actionscript
button behaviors and determining which script commands to use is
confusing.
Can anyone link me or outline what needs to be done here?
ThanksI prefer to work with mc's on this. The following are the
error codes that were generated.
**Error** Symbol=gallery shots, layer=g1 hit, frame=1:Line 1:
Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
g1.onRelease = function(){
**Error** Symbol=gallery shots, layer=g1 hit, frame=1:Line 5:
Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
g1.onRollOver = function(){
Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2
in this example I placed the btn graphic over the gallery
thumb on a separate layer.
Perhaps this requires a different approach because I'm not
seeing something here. (the following is not on the main timeline)
If I create a movie clip named gallery_mc from scratch and
place a thumb on layer 1, convert the thumb to an mc, open the
thumb mc and set the timline as follows: layer1 frame 1 (stop
action), layer 1 frame 10 (stop action), layer 2 frame 1 (static
image), layer 2 frame 2 (image begins tween), layer 2, frame 10
(image ends tween). being this is the thumb effect mc, the symbol
that i created with alpha 0% (is this refered to as the handler?)
should be placed on the thumb on the gallery clip stage. I believe
thats where is should be (on a different layer than the thumb pic
itself). the action should be placed on this symbol.
So there are two mc's in the example , the gallery mc
containing the thumb pic, and the thumb mc.
If this is false, then what would the layout be?
note : the main timeline already has a button link to the
gallery mc and works. I dont want to revert to button symbols to do
this. I prefer this new challenge with btn_mc's.
Thanks -
I have made buttons like this hundreds of times, and today it
does not work.
Only part of the button works, as if the hit state is
undersized, but it is not.
Totally puzzled and seeking advice please.
It's the home button that only has a part hit state.
Enable simple buttons works.
Putting the button elswhere on the page works, just not
there.
Any tips are greatly appreciated, thanks.
flash 7 osx.4.8
http://www.stevez.biz/foto_fun/early_years/morefunnav.html
http://www.stevez.biz/foto_fun/early_years/morefunnav.swf
http://www.stevez.biz/foto_fun/early_years/morefunnav.flaSteve Zavodny wrote:
> I have made buttons like this hundreds of times, and
today it does not work.
> Only part of the button works, as if the hit state is
undersized, but it is
> not.
> Totally puzzled and seeking advice please.
> It's the home button that only has a part hit state.
> Enable simple buttons works.
> Putting the button elswhere on the page works, just not
there.
> Any tips are greatly appreciated, thanks.
"Enable simple buttons" never reflect actual functionality so
don't use it
if you want to make accurate testing. It's more for authoring
convenience like
you would make a map of different shape buttons and like to
see how the
OVER states align to each other. It will make button works
even if it is not
made properly.
Your problem is that the HOME button comes on top of the
invisible button
and in flash HIT states can't collide or they will cancel
each other.
If you extend that invisible button down you will see the sub
menu will
work just fine.
Best Regards
Urami
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Hi, I made a few buttons for my .fla and all the states are working but the hit state.
So just to see what the problem was I made a new button, which is only text at each stage, so for up i wrote up, down down etc,
all the states work but hit, what gives???
hit is after someone clicks it it should be at the hit state correct?Nope. Hit is the shape that will trigger a rollover/click area.
Normally the hit state is determined by the artwork in the up state and then the over state once you've rolled over, but sometimes you need to override that with an area different area. That is the hit state. But you don't need to put anything there.
Test it out. Make a circle on the other states and then put a larger square in the hit. Then check out how it works. -
MovieClip buttons using e.target method "Under" transparent hit states?
Hello guys, this is kind of the finale to a line of questions I have been pestering with for about a week. I have multiple buttons that scale up / scale down on rollover (mc btns actually). So, after a lot of help from all of you, I have everything functioning really well.
My remaining hang up, is how to apply e.target (to abridge my code somewhat) when the movieclip button is now actually below the transparent hit states. (hit states are on the main timeline, buttons under them). Below is some sample code for two of these buttons, and like i said – they work fine, but now that I am trying to use external hit states to get rid of my bugginess, i notice the e.target functions are not being read, since I assume the button is under the hit states.
the //berenson// below is the code that is speakin to the hit state and the //amylin// still has the previous coding applied to it (when the hit states were not being used quite yet.
function rollover (e:Event){
e.currentTarget.gotoAndPlay ("btnOver");
function rollout (e:Event){
e.currentTarget.gotoAndPlay ("btnOut");
function select (e:Event){
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//amylin//
btn_amyCase.buttonMode = true
btn_amyCase.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, rollover);
btn_amyCase.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, rollout);
btn_amyCase.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, select);
//berenson//
btn_berHit.buttonMode = true
btn_berHit.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, rollover);
btn_berHit.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, rollout);
btn_berHit.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, select);
thanks!yup, i was hoping that. However, my buttons were working flawlessly, then i applied the hit state layer, and i am losing the communication.
But you are saying, that if the buttons work on their own, hit states with the same code applied to them (that was on the buttons) with some tweaks of course, should still function using target?
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APPRECIATED!!
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anyone!
followed guide:
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--edit--
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How to retain the button over state while scrolling over a Pop-up Menu
Are there updated instruction for Fireworks 8?
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15926&sliceId=1I just wouldn't use those menus at all - there are much
better ways. Have
you considered them?
Check the uberlink and MacFly tutorials at PVII -
http://www.projectseven.com/
and the Navbar tutorial/articles at Thierry's place
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/
Or this one (more recent article):
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/Pure_CSS_Dropdown_Menus.asp
Or to get it done fast, go here -
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm
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"turpya" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:f2ilfs$7gr$[email protected]..
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to work out how to retain button over state
while scrolling
> over a
> pop-up menu. By default the button changes back to mouse
out state, when
> scrolling over menu items for that button.
>
> I have tried to follow the advice in the below technote
(see link below),
> but
> it seems the instructions are incorrect.
>
> I am using Fireworks 8 - it appears the instructions are
for a prior
> version.
> I cannot find function fwLoadMenus() mentioned in Step 3
(number 6.).
>
> Has anyone accomplished this in Fireworks 8, that could
provide me with
> instructions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> turpya.
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15926
> -
Retain button over state with Pop-up Menu
Hi,
I am trying to work out how to retain button over state while
scrolling over a pop-up menu. By default the button changes back to
mouse out state, when scrolling over menu items for that button.
I have tried to follow the advice in the below technote (see
link below), but it seems the instructions are incorrect.
I am using Fireworks 8 - it appears the instructions are for
a prior version. I cannot find function fwLoadMenus() mentioned in
Step 3 (number 6.).
Has anyone accomplished this in Fireworks 8, that could
provide me with instructions?
Thanks in advance,
turpya.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15926I just wouldn't use those menus at all - there are much
better ways. Have
you considered them?
Check the uberlink and MacFly tutorials at PVII -
http://www.projectseven.com/
and the Navbar tutorial/articles at Thierry's place
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/
Or this one (more recent article):
http://tjkdesign.com/articles/Pure_CSS_Dropdown_Menus.asp
Or to get it done fast, go here -
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"turpya" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:f2ilfs$7gr$[email protected]..
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to work out how to retain button over state
while scrolling
> over a
> pop-up menu. By default the button changes back to mouse
out state, when
> scrolling over menu items for that button.
>
> I have tried to follow the advice in the below technote
(see link below),
> but
> it seems the instructions are incorrect.
>
> I am using Fireworks 8 - it appears the instructions are
for a prior
> version.
> I cannot find function fwLoadMenus() mentioned in Step 3
(number 6.).
>
> Has anyone accomplished this in Fireworks 8, that could
provide me with
> instructions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> turpya.
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15926
>
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