Flash :: Draggable Menu 2.0 – Part II: Usability

Draggable Menu 2.0 – Part II: Usability
I downloaded the complete source code in the end of the tutorial and it works. But when I tried to copy all the layers of this source code and paste it into the flash timeline of my own website, the code the doesn't work anymore. Can someone tell me what the problem is here? How can I transfer a working draggable window from one fla file to another one? It's really frustrating me because after going through the long dreary "Draggable Menu 2.0 – Part II: Usability" tutorial, I still can't use the effect on my own website! Please help out!! Thanks!

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I know this is a Flash 5 tut but i was refered to it awhile back when asking the question for mx. So ive followed the tut step by step and the only thing i wanted to change is that i wanted the menu to drag vertically instead of horizontally. I asked about this and someone suggested that i replace the x variables with y variables. I did this but for some reason the "dragger" will not move up and down. Im new to writing action script code but im trying to learn. Here is what i have for the vertical scrolling.

Heres the Tutorial

Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
set (yold,_y) ;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (dragging) {
_y = _root.ymouse ;
dydrag = _y - yold ;
yold = _y ;
_root.general._y += 3*dydrag ;
}
}

And here is the code for the horizontal scrolling.

Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
set (xold, _x);
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (dragging) {
_x = _root._xmouse ;
dxdrag = _x - xold ;
xold = _x ;
_root.general._x += 3*dxdrag ;
}
}
Is there something im missing. Ive made sure that i set the press of a mouse to a variable of 1 and the release to 0. Perhaps its just not that easy to just switch the variables.

Any thoughts.

Yogi

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Hello all, this is my first post and I'm new to ActionScript so be gentle. I've worked through the majority of the above tutorial and it's pretty good so far. One problem has arisen though, I was under the impression that part of the code, (the ratio = _root.Content._width/_root.box._width; bit), would allow me to extend the 'general' clip indefinitely and the code would work out the postioning for me. When I tested it however the number 1 box and the slider are i their correct places but as soon as I drag it right and then back left it scrolls past the number 1 box. Why would this be?

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Hello,

I'm relatively new to all of this (actionscript, flash). (Sorry if this question has been asked before, I couldn't seem to find any references to it on the forums thus far).

I would like to load the draggable menu externally into another SWF movie. I have my main movie (main.swf) and the draggable menu movie (draggable.swf). I can get the draggable.swf to load into the main.swf, however, I can't seem to figure out how to get the external draggable.swf to work within the main.swf. Once it's loaded, it is totally static.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

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Hi,
I am trying to set a background color of the Flash8 window component. The backgroundcolor I am referring to is the draggable section (top) of the window.

I've tried

PHP Code:

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But that didnt work.

Anyone an idea?

cheers
Patrick

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Reading about inertia and dragging things in Foundation Actionscript (thank you mr. Sham Bhangal), I wanted to make a draggable menu. One button is used to move the menu, the menuitems are supposed to follow that button. My problem is that the menuitems aren't aligned after moving the menu around. Any suggestions?
http://users.skynet.be/sky39384/flash/drag_menu.fla
http://users.skynet.be/sky39384/flash/drag_menu.swf

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Flash MX

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Hi,

I created a draggable menu, following tutorial from ilyaslamasse ( Draggable Menu 2.0 – Part II: Usability).
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/menudragger2.htm

It works well, but I have another idea:

Would it be possible, if the numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) can be fit into the viewing box precisely, without showing the background when we drag the numbers to far left/ right?

At the moment, the animation (draggable 1, 2, 3, 4) has same background colour, black (for both viewing window and the background behind the viewing window).

The animation I created, the viewing window and the background have different colours. White for the viewing window and grey for the background, hence we can see the white bit when dragging the picture to far left/ right.

Attached is the .fla file of my work. Perhaps, anybody can help me?

Thank you very much guys,

m4non

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i just completed the tutorial. as far as i can see, it's coded correctly. to my opinion, the final result has one major flaw: when i pulkl the dragger, it tends to "drop off" the cursor and come to a halt at a random point at either ends of the box. that means that the items in the menu (i.e. the numbers) also stops at random points within the mask.

you can see it at http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/menudragger2.htm.

does anyone know how to make the appearance of the menu more stable?

thank you

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I have been agonizing over this, and I just can't seem to get the second movie clip to be positioned correctly.

I know I am dense, because I have read the tutorial 100 times, and if I really understood it, I'd be able to figure it out on my own (Have mercy on me - I am a good designer, but not a great programmer.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you want to see the .fla file I have been working with (though at this point, I've just been blindly changing things hoping it would work), it's here:
http://www.ilyssa.com/timeline.zip

Thank you~

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Hi Everyone,

I am having some difficulties with the basic draggable menu and am seeking some help. I have been able to make it wotk when using the FLA's given, but stumble when recreating it using my own files.

I have a 4 image panel about 1200 pixels long bleeding off a 400 pixel wide movie that I hope to drag back and fourth. So, in the given FLA, inside the movie clip, the panel is 4 separate squares, but can I import it as 1 attached gif - does this matter? So, its on the stage, turn it into a movie clip?

Secondly, the mask. I draw a square to mask what I want and turn that into a movie clip as well?

The dragger. I drew a square in Flash and converted it to a movie and named it dragger, then inside the movie clip, converted that to a button named it button- is that right?

When inside the dragger movieclip I copied and pasted the code - on (Press) dragging = 1 ....

then on the main stage with the dragger selected I copied and pasted the rest of the code - OnClipEvent (Load)...

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Any thoughts would be great.

Thanks,

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thanks

here's the page for quick ref. Draggable Menu - Part 1

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http://strangedaze.tripod.ca/Menu.swf

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When these elements are together alone on screen - they work fine when I test the movie. However, the big problem is, even when I recreate this menu window from scratch in another movie, it does not work on its own. When tested, the first layer (draggable bar) ends up being able to drag the entire content window.

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This is what I am trying to do ...

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thanks...

Code:
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and have run into troubles.
1. I can't seem to adjust the x values of the slider, to limit how far my mc "general" scrolls
2. the "dragger" won't sit ontop of the "Bar" (the dragger is limited to the width of the bar, so that it doesn't move furthur than the bar)
>>The reason I am customising my scroll is because I want it to be more animated. with onclip release I wont the movie clip to have an elastic approach. If anyone can help me with this step as well...and with simple explainations I would be so gratefull.
cheers GeorgieGirl
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_y = _root.box._y ;
xold = _x ;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
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}

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onClipEvent (load) {
// same as formerly
ratio = _root.general._width/_root.box._width ;
}
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Hi all ... Surely, with all those gr8 minds out there some one can help ??!!

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PHP Code:

on (release) {
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