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#1 2008-05-15 01:30:09
Can't Move Sprites
Hello,
I'm using Scratch on Ubuntu Gnu/Linux on 25 machines in a computer lab. 2 machines have encountered the same problem...
I can't move the sprites. I can rotate them, but not move them. My "Move" arrow is selected and when I attempt to click and drag the sprite it won't move. If allowing it to rotate is ON, then it rotates, but I can't move it.
2 student machines are in this state. I don't have a clue as to what they might have done to produce this. Even if I close scratch and restart it, the problem remains. Once, I solved the problem by chance but wasn't aware of how I did so. The sprite just started moving.
Is this a setting I'm missing? Anyone else have this problem? Perhaps it is obvious but I'm a total n00b with Scratch.
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#2 2008-05-15 05:03:03
- Paddle2See
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Re: Can't Move Sprites
Are you talking about in development mode? When all the scrips are visible? I have never run into that problem in development mode. In production mode (full screen mode) whether the sprite can be dragged with the mouse depends on whether it has been unlocked (small padlock button). Please give more details on this problem.
What happens when you share the project to the website? Do things work there?
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#4 2008-05-30 02:01:20
Re: Can't Move Sprites
Put this script in to try moving it:
<when green flag clicked>
<forever>
<go to[ mouse-pointer
<if><key[ space ]pressed?>
<stop script>
<end>
<end>
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#5 2008-05-30 03:10:24
Re: Can't Move Sprites
petrock wrote:
This is with scripts visible. I use the MOVE pointer and all I can do is rotate the sprites (all of them are like this). Each sprite's location is locked.
What happens if you try to type text into a "say" box? Does it all come up in CAPS?
If the sprites are rotating instead of moving, it suggests the shift key is stuck or scratch is somehow getting the idea that the shift key is down.
On windows, capslock does NOT have that effect, but it might on Linux.
Check that capslock is off, and check to make sure your shift key isn't somehow stuck.
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