Set visibility

[mullz]

Hi all, aint posted for ages but here goes!!

I have 10 geographical maps which I want to be able to set the visibilty of with 10 buttons.

so I have 10 maps one on top of the other.

I have 10 buttons

all maps have instance names of map1 etc..

when I click "button 1" I want "map1" to appear but the button to stay in the over state.

then when I click "button 1" again I want "map1" to disappear and the button to go back to a normal state.

Same goes for the other buttons maps..

Cheers If anyone can help!

David

[oldnewbie]

So what's the problem? Setting the maps' visibilities, or keeping the buttons' selected states while the corresponding maps are visible?
Or both?

Are you buttons all similar in design, outside of maybe some different text?

[mullz]

OK I have on "map1"

onClipEvent (load) {
setProperty("_root.map15", _visible, "0");
}

and on "button1" I have

on (release) {
if ("_root.map15", _visible, "0") {
setProperty("_root.map15", _visible, "1");
} else {
setProperty("_root.map15", _visible, "1");
}
}

All the buttons are the basic flash mx oval ones

Cheers

[oldnewbie]

That's old Flash 4 syntax...

Try...

code:

---

onClipEvent (load) {

this._visible = false;

}



//And on "button1"...



on (release) {

if (_root.map15._visible == false) {

_root.map15._visible = true;

} else {

_root.map15._visible = false;

}

}

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[Grantax]

Originally posted by mullz
OK I have on "map1"

onClipEvent (load) {
setProperty("_root.map15", _visible, "0");
}

and on "button1" I have

on (release) {
if ("_root.map15", _visible, "0") {
setProperty("_root.map15", _visible, "1");
} else {
setProperty("_root.map15", _visible, "1");
}
}

All the buttons are the basic flash mx oval ones

Cheers

I'm just wondering, why do you have an: if ("_root.map15", _visi...

if you take away some lines so i would be like this:

on (release) {
        setProperty("_root.map15", _visible, "1");
}

I am a noob, but i think that would have the same effect..

[mullz]

WOW! Thats great!

Its work perfect..

Do you know how when the map is visible the button stays in the over state?

Cheers ever so much for your help!

[oldnewbie]

My code? Or Grantax's?

That asked, Grantax... The if statement might be needed so the button acts as a toggle, changing the visibility on or off, on each button press.

As for keeping a button in a selected state while the corresponding map is up, it can be done in severals ways. Each button in a 2 frames movie clip, with stop actions on both frames, and only the "selected" state on frame 2. Thus on each button's press, the movie clip is moved to the other frame, and the button seems to stay selected, or returns to the normal state on another press.

[Lexicon]

if you used something like this.....

/// code on frame in root of movie (where maxNum = the number of maps)
function setMap(ID) {
    for(i=1;i<=maxNum;i++){
        if(i==ID){
            eval("map"+i)._visible = true;
            eval("button"+i).enabled = false;
        } else {
            eval("map"+i)._visible = false;
            eval("button"+i).enabled = true;
        }
    }
}

/// code on button (in this example all buttons are in the root)
on (release){
    setMap(1); // where 1 corresponds to the map number
}

then that would keep only the map you selected visible and all other maps invisible. It would also disable your buttons accordingly.

I have never seen a way of changing a button's state via script.
You could do this by creating movieClips and programme them to act like buttons (with the added advantage of being able to set the state with AS).
Or you could achieve a similar effect by changing the tint of the button with a colour transform object and add that to the code above.

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To toggle visibility you do not need an if statement, you just need...

map15._visible = !map15._visible;

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enjoy