How do I change an instance of movieClip based on the direction the cursor moves?

you could use an onEnterFrame event, or a MouseMove (preferred) event to check for the previous x position compared to the current.

rp / ZA

Please take a look here

http://blog.flashmech.net/2008/04/as3-moving-based-on-mouse-location/

fario - i tagged this as an as2 file but I didn't mention it in my post. I am working in as2, not as3.

I've found some code that works and have attached it below. One more thing I would like to do is unload or override the function so that xscale = 100 when a button is clicked. Can anyone help me with that?

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
 
horizontal_check = function () {
        this.createEmptyMovieClip('tempx', this.getNextHighestDepth());
    tempx.lastX=tempx._root._xmouse;
        tempx.onMouseMove = function() {
                if (this._root._xmouse>this.lastX) {
            trace('moving right');
			_parent.cursor_mc._xscale = -100;
        } else {
            trace('moving left');
			_parent.cursor_mc._xscale = 100;
                }
    this.lastX=this._root._xmouse;
        };
};
horizontal_check();
 
}

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squarelight,

you are going it wrong...  you are using both an onEnterFrame and an onMouseMove method to do your if/then conditional statement...

you really need to separate then, or better yet, choose one or the other...

I would do something more like the below(using your code)...  it only does the check when you move your mouse, so your processing isn't going crazy.


now my code assumes you want the cursor_mc MovieClip to be the item that scales based on the position...  

Is this the desired effect you wanted?


rp / ZA

import mx.utils.Delegate;
 
cursor_mc.startDrag("true");
Mouse.hide();
 
cursor_mc.initScale = cursor_mc._xscale;
cursor_mc.lastX = _xmouse;
 
 
cursor_mc.onMouseMove = Delegate.create( this, horizontal_check );
 
horizontal_check()
{
     if ( _xmouse > cursor_mc.lastX)
     {
         trace('moving right');
         cursor_mc._xscale = cursor_mc.initScale;
     }
     else
     {
         trace('moving left');
         cursor_mc._xscale = 100;
     }
    cursor_mc.lastX = _xmouse;
}

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Thanks, rascalpants. I tried your code and it only traces when you are moving left. Am I missing something? I'll play with it some more.