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Assigning Actions to Buttons
Author: Eddie Carroll
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Events
What is an action? An action is simply a set of instructions that
executes when a specific event occurs. These events can be a key on the
keyboard being pressed, a click of the mouse button, or the movie
reaching a certain frame.
In the example I used an instance of a button and placed a mouse event. These mouse events could be when the user clicks on it or rolls the mouse
over the button. However you can also have a keyboard key to trigger the
action (see our tutorial on keyboard control).
Take a look at the dialog box below. Here you can select the
different events (right) that could trigger you actions (left window)
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Actions available to the On MouseEvent Command are:
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| Press |
Mouse Button Pressed When Pointer is Over Button |
| Release |
Mouse Button Released When Pointer is Over Button (Standard Click) |
| Release Outside |
Mouse Button Released When Mouse Pointer is Off Button |
| Roll Over |
Mouse Pointer Moved Over Button |
| Roll Out |
Mouse Pointer Moved Off Button |
| Drag Over |
Mouse button Pressed When Pointer is Over Button, Rolled Off the Button, and then the Pointer is Rolled back over the Button. |
| Drag Out |
Mouse Button Pressed Over Button then Pointer Rolls Off the Button. |
| Key Press |
Occurs when the Specified Key is Pressed. |
Note: Assigning an action to an instance of a button will not affect
other instances of that button.
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Added: : 2000-02-06
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Eddie was the Content Editor at Flashkit.com and is actually a sentient Gateway Solo 2150xl notebook that suffers from acute lysdexia and caffeine addiction. He is carried on the shoulders of a semi-autonomous human called "Body".
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