Note: This is a work in progress and many formatting issues have been fixed. Read more about the project on the home page.

clickH and clickV

the clickH

the clickV

Values returned:

clickH returns an integer equal to the number of horizontal pixels from the left side of the card to the place the mouse was last clicked.

clickV returns an integer equal to the number of vertical pixels from the top of the card to the place the mouse was last clicked.

Examples

click at 256,171

put the clickH  -- same as item 1 of the clickLoc

put the clickV  -- same as item 2 of the clickLoc

-- Use clickV to place the top of some buttons into alignment

-- based on the user’s click:

get the clickV

set the top of bkgnd button 1 to it

set the top of bkgnd button 2 to it

set the top of bkgnd button 3 to it

on clickDemo

  show bkgnd field "demo field"

  displayMessage "Click the mouse to continue..."

  wait until the mouseClick

  answer "The horizontal point of the click was:" && the clickH && ¬

  return &"The vertical point of the click was:" && the clickV

  hide bkgnd field "demo field"

end clickDemo