woodslanding

Is there a way to limit mousestates output to when the mouse is within the current patcher only? It seems to report presses no matter where they are. I guess I could poll position and limit, but it seems like an obvious function to be able to limit output to the patcher window which contains the mousestate object..

Is there a way to limit mousestates output to when the mouse is within the current patcher only?  It seems to report presses no matter where they are.  I guess I could poll position and limit, but it seems like an obvious function to be able to limit output to the patcher window which contains the mousestate object..

mousestate-question-2

you can gate the mouse click with the "hover" object. Or use the "LCD".

ahh, I knew there must be something like that.

FR--Put 'hover' in the related objects list in the docs for mousestate!!!

Indeed, I'm finding a lot of closely related objects not showing up in the related list in the helpfiles..... it would be super helpful if the documentation team could give those lists a going over again. It's one of the most-used features of the documentation for me.

Indeed, I'm finding a lot of closely related objects not showing up in the related list in the helpfiles..... it would be super helpful if the documentation team could give those lists a going over again.  It's one of the most-used features of the documentation for me.


Hmm. I can get there from here, but it still seems clumsy compared to just limiting mousestate output to its containing patch.

Seems like an obvious mode for mousestate to have.

Maybe there's a way to create an abstraction that queries its parent patch name, and compares it to the hover output, to achieve that end more automatically. I'll think about that.

Maybe there's a way to create an abstraction that queries its parent patch name, and compares it to the hover output, to achieve that end more automatically.   I'll think about that.


You can use the 'window getsize' message to thispatcher to get the coordinates of the patcher window, then use those coordinates to filter out reports from mousestate that exceed those bounds.

Is there a way to get the window size of the parent patcher, so I could make this an abstraction? I haven't been able to track anything down in the docs.

Is there a way to get the window size of the parent patcher, so I could make this an abstraction?  I haven't been able to track anything down in the docs.


Mousestate question