DelayButtonBehavior

Kind of class: public class
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Classpath: org.asaplibrary.ui.buttons.DelayButtonBehavior
File last modified: Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 18:43:34
Delegate class to manage timing control over mouse over and mouse out events. This is useful for navigation menus where the menu items should "remember" its state for a brief moment even when the mouse has moved out of its click region. In interface design this effect is called hysteresis - see also www.mackido.com/Interface/hysteresis.html">time delay in hierarchical menus. Another use is to prevent buttons to activate when the mouse moves very quickly over them. A activation delay will cause the button to activate only when the mouse stays for a little bit longer. 3 timing properties that can be set:
  • indelay : the number of seconds between the mouse having rolled over and the button activation
  • outdelay : the number of seconds between the mouse having moved out and the clip performing its mouse out activation
  • afterdelay : the number of seconds a button is momentarily inactive after mouse out
Example 
  • import org.asaplibrary.ui.buttons.*;

public class MyButton extends MovieClip {
    
private var mDelegate:DelayButtonBehavior;
            
public function MyButton () {        
mDelegate = new DelayButtonBehavior(this);
mDelegate.addEventListener(ButtonStateDelegateEvent.UPDATE, update);
// set the timing:
indelay = .1;
outdelay = .5;
}
    
private function update (e:ButtonStateDelegateEvent) : void {
if (e.state == ButtonStates.OVER) grow();
if (e.state == ButtonStates.OUT) shrink();
}
}

Summary

Constructor
Instance properties
  • indelay : Number
    • /
  • outdelay : Number
    • (Hysteresis) delay before mouse out action is performed, in seconds.
  • afterdelay : Number
    • Delay after mouse out until the button is activated (enabled) again, in seconds.

Constructor

DelayButtonBehavior

function DelayButtonBehavior(inButton:MovieClip)

Creates a new DelayButtonBehavior.

Parameters
inButton:the owner button

Instance properties

afterdelay

afterdelay:Number(read,write)

Delay after mouse out until the button is activated (enabled) again, in seconds.

indelay

indelay:Number(read,write)

/ override public function toString() : String { return getQualifiedClassName(this); } / Delay before mouse over is performed, in seconds.

outdelay

outdelay:Number(read,write)

(Hysteresis) delay before mouse out action is performed, in seconds.