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#1 2011-04-09 12:25:19
- ProgrammingFreak
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mouseX and mouseY
Hello! I had an idea for 2 reporter blocks that would allow you to define the Mouse X and Y.
So I looked in Scratch-UI-Panes - ScratchFrameMorph - other. There was the code for the little mouseX and mouseY thing in the corner of the project viewer thing.
But the code was only this:
Code:
^ workPane mouseX
And
Code:
^ workPane mouseY
I suppose that means its using something called "workPane" that doesn't exist in the 'block code' area, because when I use it and try to except, it asks me to define it.
So, any help?
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#2 2011-04-09 12:32:45
Re: mouseX and mouseY
workPane in ScratchFrameMorph is a variable that is for the ScratchStageMorph (the stage). If you try using it outside the ScratchFrameMorph class you're going to get an error. You're going to have to see if the "block code area" has a reference to ScratchFrameMorph which you can then get workPane. Or the "block code area" already has a reference to workPane, I haven't really looked though.
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#3 2011-04-09 12:58:29
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Re: mouseX and mouseY
wcfs96 wrote:
workPane in ScratchFrameMorph is a variable that is for the ScratchStageMorph (the stage). If you try using it outside the ScratchFrameMorph class you're going to get an error. You're going to have to see if the "block code area" has a reference to ScratchFrameMorph which you can then get workPane. Or the "block code area" already has a reference to workPane, I haven't really looked though.
Okay. 
How do you reference?
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#4 2011-04-09 13:10:07
Re: mouseX and mouseY
I do believe workPane is the stage... this means that there's no need to access anything, just look in the stage for these two methods. they'll have a bunch of code which is (hopefully) transportable outside that class.
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#5 2011-04-09 13:14:48
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Re: mouseX and mouseY
LS97 wrote:
I do believe workPane is the stage... this means that there's no need to access anything, just look in the stage for these two methods. they'll have a bunch of code which is (hopefully) transportable outside that class.
Okay! Thank you!
In the stage in UI-Panes?
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#6 2011-04-09 13:16:40
Re: mouseX and mouseY
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
LS97 wrote:
I do believe workPane is the stage... this means that there's no need to access anything, just look in the stage for these two methods. they'll have a bunch of code which is (hopefully) transportable outside that class.
Okay! Thank you!
In the stage in UI-Panes?
The ScratchStageMorph
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#7 2011-04-09 13:17:55
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Re: mouseX and mouseY
LS97 wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
LS97 wrote:
I do believe workPane is the stage... this means that there's no need to access anything, just look in the stage for these two methods. they'll have a bunch of code which is (hopefully) transportable outside that class.
Okay! Thank you!
In the stage in UI-Panes?
The ScratchStageMorph
Oh. Lol. In Objects, yes. *blush*
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#8 2011-04-09 13:20:13
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Re: mouseX and mouseY
Are the <x position> and <y position> blocks for the sprite or mouse?
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#9 2011-04-09 13:22:17
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Re: mouseX and mouseY
Oh no. I just remembered. Sensing already has a block like this! 
<mouse x><mouse y>
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#11 2011-04-09 13:25:23
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Re: mouseX and mouseY
wcfs96 wrote:
x position & y position are for the sprite coordinates. mouse x & mouse y are for the mouse coordinates
What class are you trying to reference the stage from?
Doesn't matter now, does it?
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#12 2011-04-09 13:38:46
Re: mouseX and mouseY
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
LS97 wrote:
I do believe workPane is the stage... this means that there's no need to access anything, just look in the stage for these two methods. they'll have a bunch of code which is (hopefully) transportable outside that class.
Okay! Thank you!
In the stage in UI-Panes?
Somewhere in there. I cannot find it, I thought it was presenter, but it isn't. Oh, okay, its under ScriptableScratchMorph, 
silly us. LOL
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#13 2011-04-09 13:47:49
Re: mouseX and mouseY
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Oh no. I just remembered. Sensing already has a block like this!
<mouse x><mouse y>
Oh... I thought you were making a separate block! LOL
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#14 2011-04-09 14:46:23
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Re: mouseX and mouseY
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Oh no. I just remembered. Sensing already has a block like this!
<mouse x><mouse y>[/blocks]
LOL. I was wondering what this was for.
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#15 2011-04-10 18:31:15
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Re: mouseX and mouseY
Yeah. I was wanting to but it doesn't matter.
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