ActionScript 2.0 :: Highlighted Buttons Using Tween Classes?
Sep 3, 2009
I've recently designed some menu buttons each one gets highlighted on mouse over and defaults back on mouse out. On Mouse click the button remains highlighted and when another button is clicked the current button goes back to its default state and the new button is now highightedI know this has been asked before, and I know how to do this using a timeline and having flags marking the 'start' 'end' and 'highlight' states on the timeline. My original code uses IF and gotoAndStop statements...But recently I've been getting into tween classes using as2 and would like to know how to achieve this effect using _alpha values within tween classes.To me it seems easier to do this purely with code, i.e _alpha is 0 then tween to 100 on rollover. On rollout it reverses, and on click the alpha immediately goes to 100 and stays at 100 until another button is pressed
What I want to achieve is active links like in HTML websites.I have 3 buttons on the stage, when the user clicks on the first button it should be highlighted and should remain in that position till the user clicks on the next button. When he clicks on the 2nd button the previous one should come in normal state and the 2nd one should become highlighted and so on....
I can't make the tween to work. I've tried hundreds of tutorials and such (and they are all basically the same), I even followed the troubleshooting section of this tut with no results.If I download any file with that same script it works, if I copypaste it and do the exact same thing it doesn't. Maybe is something very simple that I just can't see but this is driving me nuts.
For some reason I can't get this nested set of functions to work, it executes the first tween and the tween invoked after motion of the first is finished but it doesn't ever get to the third!
ActionScript Code: var t1:Tween=new Tween(p1,"rotationY",Strong.easeOut,90,0,50,false); var t1x:Tween=new Tween(p1,"x",Strong.easeOut,-900,0,50,false); t1.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH,onMotionFinished);
My array has a few objects that are revolving like on a carrousell...I want them to react on my mouseclick.I cant seem to get this to work...how would one make objects in an array do things?I cant even define the path to them properly, it appears that I SUCK. Allow me to present to you my little code-turdthat wont work in a million years level0.holder_mc.dot0.onRelease = function() {var xScaleT:Tween = new Tween(dot0, "_rotation", back.easeOut, 0, 1222, 2, true);
Devonair and Senocular for pointing me in the right direction as per porting the Flex 2 Tween classes to AS3 Flash 9.0 Public Alpha...I *think* I got the all files moved properly and all references to the mx_internal namespace and unresolvable includes commented out, but on compiling I get (among many others):
**Error** C:Documents and Settings...Local SettingsApplication DataAdobeFlash 9 Public AlphaenConfigurationClassesmxeventsTweenEven t.as: Line 11: ActionScript 2.0 class scripts may only define class or interface constructs.
TweenEvent.as is is imported by Tween.as and was copied from my Flex 2 SDK. Of course, TweenEvent.as probably isn't AS2!!What does this error mean in this context?
Alternately, if anyone other than Devonair has actually transmuted the Flex 2.0 Tween class to Flash 9.0 PA and could give me a few more details I'd be grateful...
I'm trying to get a button to change color via a Custom class written in ActionScript. I have built and attached an example to show you all what I'm trying to achieve. The code works perfectly with a MovieClip, but when I try to apply it to a Button, it falls flat (can't even find the reference to the button it seems). On my stage are two objects:
1. A Movie Clip 2. A Button
These are both set to "Export for ActionScript", and have an attached class called 'ColorClass'. ColorClass is basically what does all the work (makes a Color object, and has set and get methods). I also have an action layer where all my other code is contained. I'm fairly new to ActionScript, but come from a Java background
Im just getting in to start using classes .. I have a very simple question:: So if I create a rollOver and rollOff class package - to change the alpha value of some buttons .. how do 'connect' them to my buttons?? .. if I was simply hard-coding them in I would:: myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,my Function); But this will be tedious with 10 buttons for the on and off states!
I've recently started development on my first proper AS3 project and I�ve hit a sort of brick wall with my knowledge of how to make AS3 classes do what I want. I could do this in AS2 no problem with referencing the stage, but now that only the document class has access I'm stuck.I have instances of a MC called activity. These sit inside a container MC that is the source of a scroll pane (that sits on the stage).
When I click a button inside the Activity MC I need to generate a new MC and set that as the content of another scroll pane on the stage. I�ve tried several things, even gotten the stage passed to the activity MC class but it can't then be used to addChild to items on the stage just reference then (much to my aggravation). And I can�t set an event listener for the new activity�s button when it�s created as it throws a static display object error of some sort.What methods can I use to pass information from a MC class back to the stage so i can call a function or just paste a MC onto the stage? I'm at my wits end after about 10 hours of exhausting everything the internet seems to have to offer on the subject.
I'm working with an ActionScript Classes file for some MovieClip buttons to animate In and Out. Everything is working the way it should but I would like the button to stay indicated once clicked on and then animate out once a new button is selected. The way I set it up in the past isn't very efficient and the next project I'm working on is going to be a lot of buttons. Trying to learn something more efficient.
Here is the AS class code: class ButtonClass extends MovieClip { public function ButtonClass() { this.onRollOver = this.Over; this.onRollOut = this.Out; } private function Over() { this.gotoAndPlay("Over"); } private function Out() { this.gotoAndPlay("Out"); }}
And then for the MC button in the FLA: b1.btnMC.btnText.text = "PORTFOLIO"; b2.btnMC.btnText.text = "CONTACT";
I am using tweenLite in my Fla and I have set up this code sofar which is working fine:
Code: function tweenTopicUp(topic):void { var myTween:TweenLite = new TweenLite(topic, 0.6, {alpha:0.5, ease:Expo.easeOut});[code].........
The problem is that i have about 10 buttons (topic1, topic2, etc.) to go. I know I need to do something with Array but I can't seem to get it working .
Basically I have 3 expandable buttons place beneath each other that expand when individually clicked. I want the "other" buttons to move/tween as the user clicks each button. I could get them to move but I want them to tween when they move rather than just jump to a new y position.
I built a tween function to create a dropdown nav, but the nav buttons don't respond when I mouse over them or click. The code below reflects the MC 'togglemenu' which contains 'next_btn' & 'prev_btn'. 'togglemenu' tweens them through the function 'toggleMenuTween'. I noticed that if I remove the tween, they work just fine. Why?
I had to create a menu using array and I had to animate it. With some great expertise from people, I've accomplished that. But now I have a question about OOP, because I'm trying to add functionality to the buttons to load swfs into my main movie. Even though I strictly follow tutorials and exercises, I can't figure out how to reference a variable made in one class to another. For instance, I have index.as, navbar.as, and menubutton.as. I assume I need to add a loader to my index.as. But I can't trace the loader in my other classes. I've been told to effectively accomplish this, it is best to use custom event dispatchers. But I'm lost on how to use them.
i'm new to these forums and relatively new to AS3 so bare with me basically i have designed a 360degree flash applications using a movieclip that pans a panoramic photo when the mouse moves left or right. I am now having trouble fixing buttons onto the correct place in the scrolling 360 clip because i can't fix the buttons to a specific point (x + y) on the image itself.
I am using Flash CS3 targeting flashplayer 9. I have created a menu that has 5 simple buttons in it. I use a actionscript tween to move the menu from off the stage into view and back again. For some reason when the menu comes on the stage the hittable area of the buttons seems to be getting affected. I am dropping the menu onto the stage so I am only tweening the y property like so
var menuTween:Tween;
menuTween = new Tween(toc_mc, "y", toc_mc.y, 78, 1, true);
When the menu comes into view it is like the hittable area of the button gets squashed vertically down.Even though the text still appears perfectly fine and the background of the button looks right the cursor will only click on a small sliver at the very bottom of each button. Has anyone else seen this?
I have four movie clips with instance names of "purple_ob", "green_ob", "orange_ob" and "blue_ob" and four buttons "purple_but", "green_but", "orange_but" and "blue_but" I want to have the movie clips automatically fade from one to another continually with a 5 second pause inbetween, but then if the user clicks one of the four buttons it will fade the relevant movieclip in. Then if nothing else is pressed the fading will carry on working through the four images in a loop.
So far I have the movie clips fading on a button press but how do I implement the automatic fading from one MC to another?
I've added the code below into the first frame of my scene
The website I'm creating has a large map picture (mcMap) and a crosshair (mcLines) that moves to a different location, depending on which button is clicked. I used a Switch statement and the Point and Tween classes so the user can click from one to the other and the map and craosshair moves.
However, when a button is clicked...sometimes, at random, the map and/or crosshair goes to the wrong location and/or the MC that is supposed to appear doesn't. The issue is very random, so I'm lost as to what may cause this.
how to keep a button highlighted after it is selected?My navigation list is gray, when I select a navigation button, I have it turn orange and go to that scene/page once I roll off the button it goes back to gray. I would like it to stay orange.
I am trying to tween distance of the MCs-buttons around resizable circle... Distance should be always the same whatever the circle size is... The circle is also tweening its size... I set up some things, [URL]
I'm working on a flash 8 portfolio and using the TWEEN class. First I create 5 buttons: Code: for (i=0;i<5;i++) { var button:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("PButton", "button"+i, i);
I load different image for each button and then I create some rollover effects: Code: button.onRollOver=function() { var tweenin=new Tween(this, "_width", Elastic.easeOut, 103, 203, 20, false); new Tween(this, "_height", Elastic.easeOut, 75, 198, 20, false); [Code] .....
This works only half the time. Sometimes, a tween is'nt finished correctly. I have a feeling this has something to do with the fact that while (elastic) tweening, my rollover and rollout are fired again (without moving the mouse). Any general solution for size tweening?
I'm scrolling a masked MC, which is basically a grid of thumbnails with a few rows. Right now, it works beautifully by scrolling row-to-row if the up/down buttons are pressed only after the tween has finished. However, if I press the up or down buttons in succession before it finishes scrolling, the positions get all messed up because it will start the motion tween from the current y position, which is halfway through a scroll.
Code: new Tween(holder,"_y",mx.transitions.easing.Strong.easeOut,holder._y, holder._y+scrollAmt,1.5,true);
That is basically the only code in my onRelease function.
I've thought about 2 ways of tackling this problem:
1: to disable the up/down buttons while the tween is taking place.
2: to NOT have the tween start from the current y position since that is the root of the problem. But I think this is impossible due to the nature of the purpose of the function.
I have a set of buttons with the following script... so when clicked they go to relevant frame. My question is how to I temporarily disable a button so it appears highlighted but you cannot click it when you are in that spot. E.g. when scenario 1 button takes you to scenario 1, I only want the others buttons to be clickable...
A_scenario1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,part1scenario1); function part1scenario1(event:MouseEvent):void { gotoAndPlay("label4"); } A_scenario2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,part1scenario2); function part1scenario2(event:MouseEvent):void { [Code] ......
I have a menu consist of many button and it have a rollover state of being colored and highlighted i want any button i selct to keep highlighted as it slected and when another button be selected the new one become highlighted here is thew cide i have and that' doesn't work.[code]...
HII have a navigation bar in which each one is going to different page on mouse release .. i have to do that when i release any button that link is activated or highlighted on that page .How will it happen .
