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Passing mouse events to the object behind

by Novack · in iTorque 2D · 05/24/2011 (9:08 am) · 8 replies

Hi guys, Im looking for a way to set an object to pass the mouse events to the object beneath it.

The practical case, is a t2dStaticSprite appearing on top of another, and I want to receive clicks on the first object, as if the appearing sprite doesnt exist.

Ive looked into some options, but there seems to be no simple way of doing this. Disabling useMouseEvents seems to make the object ignore the mouse events, but then no ones catches them.


Any ideas?

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Torque Owner Richard Skala
Pixel Vandals Inc.
#1
05/24/2011 (5:09 pm)
I'm not exacting sure what you are trying to do, but simply disabling useMouseEvents on the top object should work. The object underneath should have useMouseEvents enabled.

Torque Owner rennie moffat
Renman3000
#2
05/24/2011 (5:24 pm)
Yes. I can and do/have used mouseEvents on objects that were hidden behind layers of other nonMouse using objects. Also, have mouseUsingObjects that lay behind other objects but can only be used when if certain globals allow it.



Is that what you meant.


Torque Owner Richard Skala
Pixel Vandals Inc.
#3
05/24/2011 (5:35 pm)
Also, if you set the "mouseLocked" flag on an object, it will respond to mouse events no matter where the screen is touched.

Torque 3D Owner Novack
CyberianSoftware
#4
05/24/2011 (7:22 pm)
I think you guys understood what I need, however Im not getting the same results as you. (?)

When I setUseMouseEvents(false), I still get the object "obstructing" preventing the "obstructed" from receiving the mouse click event.

I'll check again this tomorrow early, and come back to you.

Thanks for the help fellas.

Torque Owner rennie moffat
Renman3000
#5
05/24/2011 (8:46 pm)
@Richard
""mouseLocked""

Nice.

Torque 3D Owner Novack
CyberianSoftware
#6
05/25/2011 (9:04 am)
So it was working, in part.

The problem is that some "obstructing objects" are GuiMLTextCtrl which doesnt seem to be affected by UseMouseEvents, nor makeFirstReponder...

I need GuiMLTextCtrl controls to let pass any mouse input throught them.


Any ideas?

Torque Owner Richard Skala
Pixel Vandals Inc.
#7
05/25/2011 (10:40 am)
This is just a guess, but in your GuiMLTextCtrl object, look at the "Profile" field, e.g. Profile = "GuiDefaultProfile". Then, find that "GuiDefaultProfile" (or whatever the Profile name is). In that object, there should be a field called "modal". If "modal" is true, then it will respond to mouse events. If "modal" is false, then it will not respond to mouse events. So, try setting that GuiControlProfile's 'modal' value to false.

Torque 3D Owner Novack
CyberianSoftware
#8
05/25/2011 (10:49 am)
Hey! That did the trick!

Excellent Thanks very much Richard.