onButtonDown issue

[lucilk 10]

can someone help me with a simple script line that say "if you press left mouse button then do this command"

I know its something to do with "onButtonDown" but cant find any example right.

It should be something like this:

while {..........onButtonDown Comand ......} then {hint "the command works"};

Edited August 30, 2009 by lucilk

[charon productions 10]

Familiarize yourself with the following : http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers

What you are trying to do has to be done with UI Eventhandlers.

It isn`t as easy as you pointed out as an argument in a while statement that can be run from a script.

You have to setup an UI element and define in its config what action the Eventhandler is supposed to execute when the mousebutton is pressed.

[nuxil 2]

It should be something like this:

while {..........onButtonDown Comand ......} then {hint "WUPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"};

i hope not. :p

this is whay you want to use. "displayAddEventHandler"

X = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", "hint str(_this)"];  

So you make it like

X = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", "_this call YOURFUNCTION"];  

YOURFUNCTION = { hint "i pressed the mouse button" } ;

X = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", "_this call YOURFUNCTION"];  

hope this can help you on your way :)