AS3 startDrag x y coordinates

[bluebatray]

Hey guys, not sure if this is possible but i'd like to get the X,Y coordinates of a button I drag. here's my problem:

backbutton_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseDown, backbuttonDown);
backbutton_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseMove, backbuttonMove);

public function backbuttonDown(e:MouseEvent)
        {
            backbutton_btn.startDrag();
        }

public function backbuttonMove(e:MouseEvent)
        {
            trace(backbutton_btn.x +","+backbutton_btn.y);
} 

the x and y coordinates remain the same even though i'm clearly dragging my button all over the stage. I did code my own by putting events and whatnot around the button but startDrag seemed smoother and faster. is it even possible?

[illustratedlife]

You're doing it wrong.

backbutton_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseDown, backbuttonDown); 
backbutton_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseMove, backbuttonMove); 

public function backbuttonDown(e:MouseEvent) 
        { 
            e.target.startDrag(); 
        } 

public function backbuttonMove(e:MouseEvent) 
        { 
            trace(e.stageX +","+e.stageY); 
}

[bluebatray]

You're doing it wrong.

backbutton_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseDown, backbuttonDown); 
backbutton_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MouseMove, backbuttonMove); 

public function backbuttonDown(e:MouseEvent) 
        { 
            e.target.startDrag(); 
        } 

public function backbuttonMove(e:MouseEvent) 
        { 
            trace(e.stageX +","+e.stageY); 
} 

hmmm...this does work, but I still don't understand why the x and y coordinates of my button remain at 0,0 and now I have to rely on the mouse event to report where it is at. maybe what i'm doing isn't the most popular thing, I just think it's cool to drag programmatic buttons around.

[krashe13]

new to the forum. still somewhat green to AS3. hello all.

i was reading this post (i found while doing a search to answer my question) and thought i'd ask you this here.

how would i lock in an object into set boundries? i can do this in AS2 but can't get it to work in 3.

in a nut shell, i have a ball. i want to drag this ball around the screen, but when it gets to the edge i don't want it to get cut off but instead stop at edge of the ball. essentially the stage is a box.

here's what i got so far:

ball_mc.buttonMode = true;
ball_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drag);
ball_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, drop);

function drag(event:Event):void
{
ball_mc.startDrag();
}

function drop(event:Event):void
{
ball_mc.stopDrag();
}

so how do i set the boundries in which i want the ball to stay?

thanks!
`shields

[illustratedlife]

The LiveDocs are your friend.

In AS3 it's done with a rectangle. Lookup startDrag in the LiveDocs index for the exact syntax.

[krashe13]

awesome! thanks illustratedlife. that was pretty easy to figure out once you told me what to look for.

[krashe13]

sorry tried to go back and add this to my previous post but couldn't find the edit button.

so this is what i did:

ball_mc.buttonMode = true;
ball_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drag);
ball_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, drop);
var rectangle:Rectangle = new Rectangle(17, 17, 515, 365);

function drag(event:Event):void
{
ball_mc.startDrag(true, rectangle);
}

function drop(event:Event):void
{
ball_mc.stopDrag();
}