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How to add a title to button in flash?

Apr 12, 2012 3:12 AM

Tags: #button #title

Hi,

I have a button in flash and a action layer with the following script:

button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickHandler);
function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://mortimerhall.99k.org/homepage.htm"),"_self");
}

Now I would like to have a title when user move mouse over a button eg "Click To Enter".

I tried this code in a new layer but it doesn’t work:

on (rollOver) {
 text = "hello";
 }
 on (rollOut) {
 text = "";
 }

I would be grateful if you could help with it.

The button has of course the "Instance Name".

Thanks

PS My first post, sorry for wrong place or any mistakes

I have a cs5.5 Pro.

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1. _spoboyle,

Apr 12, 2012 3:35 AM in reply to Lo_onger

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this is AS2 code

on (rollOver) {
 text = "hello";
 }
 on (rollOut) {
 text = "";
 }

the AS3 version would be something like

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, rollOverHandler);
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, rollOutHandler);
 
 
function rollOverHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
{
 
     text = "hello!";
 
}
 
 
 
function rollOutHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
 
{
 
     text = "";
 
}

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2. Lo_onger,

Apr 12, 2012 3:47 AM in reply to _spoboyle

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I have add new layer on the top and copy that code. I have also change the button to button1.
Doesn't work there are following errors:

Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 8', Frame 1, Line 8 1120: Access of undefined property text.
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 8', Frame 1, Line 18 1120: Access of undefined property text.

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3. _spoboyle,

Apr 12, 2012 3:51 AM in reply to Lo_onger

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yeah I just gave you a AS3 version of what you gave me.

the error means you have no object on the stage called text

when you say you want to have a title, what you are using to present the title? a textfield? what is it's name?

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4. Lo_onger,

Apr 12, 2012 4:00 AM in reply to _spoboyle

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I think you have misunderstand me.
I have found that code on the internet and apparently it is not what I'm looking for.
I just want a text to appear when user move his mouse over a button.

"when you say you want to have a title, what you are using to present the title? a textfield? what is it's name?"
can you explain a little bit more? I don't have any title yet.

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5. _spoboyle,

Apr 12, 2012 4:01 AM in reply to Lo_onger

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I am trying to find out what you mean by title

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6. Lo_onger,

Apr 12, 2012 4:04 AM in reply to _spoboyle

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OK
You know, when you have a HTML web page and you move a mouse over a picture and it says "this is a picture of..."

Good Example of what Im looking for:
http://mortimerhall.99k.org/simple/simple.html

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7. _spoboyle,

Apr 12, 2012 4:05 AM in reply to Lo_onger

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ahh, you want a tooltip?

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8. Lo_onger,

Apr 12, 2012 4:07 AM in reply to _spoboyle

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I'm new in flash, I have google tooltip and yes, this is what I want

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9. _spoboyle,

Apr 12, 2012 4:13 AM in reply to Lo_onger

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it's fine being new to flash, but when you don't explain what you are trying to achieve very clearly and then use terms like title when you mean tooltip cna be very confusing for those trying to help.

there are lots of examples of how to do tooltips

http://blog.hy-brid.com/flash/25/simple-as3-tooltip/

http://abrahamyan.com/2009/02/05/tooltip-in-as3/

you could try any of these and adapt them to you needs but if you are new i guess you will find this quite confusing.

a simple method (I assume you are using Flash Professsional CSX).

1) add a TextField to the stage, give it a name (e.g. titleTextField)
2) give the TextField some text (e.g. click me!)
3) set the visibilty of the TextField to false (e.g. titleTextField.visible = false)
4) in the rollover function i gave you earlier set the visibilty of the TextField to true
5) in the rollout function i gave you earlier set the visibilty of the TextField to false

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10. Lo_onger,

Apr 12, 2012 4:39 AM in reply to _spoboyle

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Thanks! Your method is working fine. It is enough for my needs.

For any one that may want to see it:

button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, rollOverHandler);
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, rollOutHandler);

function rollOverHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
{

text2.visible = true;

}

function rollOutHandler(e:MouseEvent):void

{

text2.visible = false;

}

it's fine being new to flash, but when you don't explain what you are trying to achieve very clearly and then use terms like title when you mean tooltip cna be very confusing for those trying to help.

Sorry, my bad

Thanks again!

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