Gary Lee Nelson

I want to get information about objects as I drag them around a window.

First I want to select a group of objects that have a single named button.

As I drag I want to show the position of the upper left corner of that

I am guessing this is a javascript thing. I know how to poll all objects in

a window and cull out just the named buttons. This was posted some time

simple example of iterating through all objects in a patch

setoutletassist(3,"parent patcher name (symbol)");

setoutletassist(2,"box classname (symbol)");

setoutletassist(1,"box scripting name (list)");

Can I test in iterfun.local whether an object is selected?

First I want to select a group of objects that have a single named button.
As I drag I want to show the position of the upper left corner of that
button.

I am guessing this is a javascript thing.  I know how to poll all objects in
a window and cull out just the named buttons.  This was posted some time
ago.

/*
    simple example of iterating through all objects in a patch
*/

// set up inlets/outlets/assist strings
outlets = 5;
setoutletassist(4,"begin (bang)");
setoutletassist(3,"parent patcher name (symbol)");
setoutletassist(2,"box classname (symbol)");
setoutletassist(1,"box scripting name (list)");
setoutletassist(0,"box rect (list)");

function bang()
{
    outlet(4,"bang");
    this.patcher.apply(iterfun);
}

function iterfun(b)
{
    outlet(3, b.patcher.name);
    outlet(2, b.maxclass);
    outlet(1, b.varname);
    outlet(0, b.rect);

    return true;   
}
iterfun.local=1; // keep private

Cheers
Gary Lee Nelson
Oberlin College
www.timara.oberlin.edu/GaryLeeNelson

location-of-object-when-selected

Here is a patch that illustrates my goal.

In brief, I want to click on object in a LOCKED patcher and have max tell me

the name of that object so that I can move the object and associated objects

In brief, I want to click on object in a LOCKED patcher and have max tell me
the name of that object so that I can move the object and associated objects
in a group with the mouse.

Location of object when selected