Skip to main content
G
gringito
Known Participant
November 10, 2006
Question

how to "turn off" a button

  • November 10, 2006
  • 3 replies
  • 288 views
Is there any way how to "TURN OFF" a button by AS? I mean keep the button _visible just make it not react like button (no on roll over, on press behaviour). In reality, I have semi transparent menu and there might be a case when there will be some stage buttons under my menu. I need keep the stage buttons visible but turn their function so the user would not be allowed to click them while the transparent menu covers them.

Till now I always solved this situation by having two exactly same objects on each other - one button, on graphic and I was switching their _visible property depending if the button is supposed "to work" or not. That works fine but I have found it very "heavy", I search for "lighter" and more elegant solution.

Thanks for any helps or recommendations.
This topic has been closed for replies.

3 replies

N
Newsgroup_User
Inspiring
November 10, 2006
gringito,

>> there is a property for button in flash.
>>
>> If you want to deactivate the buttons without hiding,
>> you can use this property.
>>
>> your_btn.enabled =false; //(or true)

> oh yes, thats it. I need to study a lot :( thank you, Arun.

Studying is good, for sure. But it's hardly *studying* to take a quick
look at the Button class (or any class) in the ActionScript 2.0 Language
Reference. ;) More like "looking something up in the dictionary," which
thankfully isn't hard or time consuming. Remember, everything in
ActionScript is an object, and objects are defined by classes. Classes
feature properties (characteristics), methods (things the object can do),
and events (things the object can react to), and may not feature something
in all three categories.


David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog, http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."


G
gringitoAuthor
Known Participant
November 10, 2006
oh yes, thats it. I need to study a lot :( thank you, Arun.
A
Anonymous
November 10, 2006
hi,

there is a property for button in flash.

If you want to deactivate the buttons without hiding, you can use this property.

your_btn.enabled =false; //(or true)
Instead of switching the visible , you try to use this one...

Cool. :)

Arun


Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices