Movieclip.startdrag() - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

MovieClip.startDrag()

Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_mc.startDrag([lock:Boolean, [left:Number, top:Number, right:Number,
bottom:Number]]) : Void
Parameters
A Boolean value specifying whether the draggable movie clip is locked to the center of the
lock
mouse position (
( ). This parameter is optional.
false
, ,
left top right
specify a constraint rectangle for the movie clip. These parameters are optional.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; lets the user drag the specified movie clip. The movie clip remains draggable until
explicitly stopped through a call to
draggable. Only one movie clip is draggable at a time.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass. For
more information, see "Assigning a class to a movie clip symbol" in Using ActionScript in Flash.
Example
The following example creates a draggable movie clip instance called
MovieClipLoader object is used to load an image into
this.createEmptyMovieClip("image_mc", 1);
var mclListener:Object = new Object();
mclListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
target_mc.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag();
};
target_mc.onRelease = function() {
this.stopDrag();
};
};
var image_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(mclListener);
image_mcl.loadClip("http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/blueprint/articles/
nielsen/spotlight_jnielsen.jpg", image_mc);
See also
MovieClip._droptarget, startDrag(),
), or locked to the point where the user first clicked on the movie clip
true
, Values relative to the coordinates of the movie clip's parent that
bottom
MovieClip.stopDrag()
, or until another movie clip is made
.
image_mc
MovieClip.stopDrag()
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image_mc
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