Question

I’m trying to make something like bookmarks, I have 1 note on the stage and when the user clicks it, it starts to drag and the users drops it where they want. the problem is I want these notes to be dragged multiple times.. here is my code:

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

//notess is the instance name of the movie clip on the stage
notess.inputText.visible = false;
//delet is a delete button inside the movie clip,
notess.delet.visible = false;
//the class of the object i want to drag
var note:notes = new notes  ;

notess.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK , newNote);

function newNote(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    for (var i:Number = 1; i<10; i++)
    {


        addChild(note);
                //inpuText is a text field in notess movie clip
        note.inputText.visible = false;
        note.x = mouseX;
        note.y = mouseY;        
        note.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN , drag);
        note.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP , drop);
        note.delet.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK , delet);

    }
}

function drag(e:MouseEvent):void
{
note.startDrag();
}



function drop(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    e.currentTarget.stopDrag();
    note.inputText.visible = true;
    note.delet.visible = true;
}
function delet(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    removeChild(note);
}

any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to create a new instance of your note class when you drop, copy the location and other variables from the note you were dragging, add your new note to the stage, and return the dragging note to its original position.

Something like:

function drop($e:MouseEvent):void
{
    $e.currentTarget.stopDrag();
    dropNote($e.currentTarget as Note);
}

var newNote:Note;

function dropNote($note:Note):void
{
    newNote = new Note();
    // Copy vars:
    newNote.x = $note.x;
    newNote.y = $note.y;
    // etc.
    // restore original note. 
    // You will need to store its original position before you begin dragging:
    $note.x = $note.originalX;
    $note.y = $note.orgiinalY;
    // etc.
    // Finally, add your new note to the stage:
    addChild(newNote);
}

… this is pseudo-code really, since I don’t know if you need to add the new note to a list, or link it to its original note. If you Google ActionScript Drag Drop Duplicate, you will find quite a few more examples.