Create-than drag and drop at fixed location

[Andrada]

Hello, Nig 13!
Right now, I'm confronting with a new thing wich is a little bit complicate for my understanding, but I hope you know the mechanics behind it's working.

There are 3 main buttons aligned horizontally: GROUP 1, GROUP 2 and GROUP 3.

If you press the first button (GROUP 1), it reveals other buttons.
- All these buttons have an image associated with them (when mouse enter the button area, the image is loaded from an external source into the movie frame);
- Each button spawn a unique item at a spawning place;
- The items has the same property as their trigger button, showing the same image loaded into the background_mc;
- Spawned items can be draggable to the marked area on the right and snap into any place in a slow motion;
- After the item snapped into position, it can be picked and moved freely onto the other droppables and so on;
- If you pick up the item and move it outside the snapping area, doesn't return to its original spawning point but stays in place;
- Each item has a close button on it;
- Each item plays its own sound at a "on release" pressing;

- There is a button on the stage which turns on/off all the sounds the items make when they are released. This button starts with all the sounds muted at the loading screen;

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If you press the second button (GROUP 2), it reveals another set of buttons and closes the ones from the other groups (GROUP 1 and GROUP 3);

- All the items that was dragged out from the initial spawning place should remain into their position (snapped or outside of the droppable region), only the buttons associated with the other groups to disappear;

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If the third button should be pressed (GROUP 3), the buttons from the GROUP 1 and GROUP 3 will disappear, and another set of buttons come into place;

- With other words, at any of the group button pressing, that means to show up its corresponding set of buttons and close the ones from the previous groups which was opened, ignoring the items which was selected out from their sets.

And now, the awesome thing: I have done all of this above if you can believe it (and only God saw me), EXCEPT the following facts:
- The buttons associated with the groups are the items themselves (and don't spawn at a desirable place like they should) and can be dragged, so...
- I cannot separate the items that was removed from their groups. I mean, when I press any of the 3 group buttons, it disappear ALL of the items, not only the ones which was not choosed from their group;
- I couldn't attach a close button on top of them;
- I couldn't attach a uniquie sound at the item release.

I have tried several coding methods, but I sticked to the one which was closer to my need. And yes, I have spent a lot of time to have this all above....which are almost useless in this form, btw.

I have attached 2 files: the initial file I have worked upon it from the beginning, and the one based on your example posted above. Look over your file, 'cause it has more finished things, and try to add at it if you can the loading image and sound over the movable items, the mute button and the non sticky option when out of the droppable zone.

I must say that in the end, each group will have ~ 80 buttons, and there will be 12 groups in total on a page.
Let me know please, if you have a little bit of time to look over this.

10q


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