self.tapped command

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1

In Codea 1.4.4 there should be a self.tapped command to easily make buttons. Like this:

function Button:touched(touch)
    if self.tapped then
           print("Tapped Button")
     else
           print("Tapped Elsewhere")
end
end
2

But there’s probably some syntax that does that :stuck_out_tongue: I’m new to lua.

3

It is not clear to me what something built-in could usefully add compared to a button-specific Button:isHit(touch) function added to your Button class. If you search this forum, or other Codea-related materials, you will find a lot of advice on buttons. The pattern below may be of some help:


function Button:init(name, position, onTouch, parent)
    self.name = name
    self.position = position
    self.onTouch = onTouch -- a function called when button touched
    self.parent = parent -- in some cases, you may want to keep track of the parent
    ...
end

function Button:isHit(touch)
    if [hit logic, based on self.position] then
        return true
    end
    return false
end

function Button:touched(touch)
    if touch.state == BEGAN and self:isHit(touch) then
        self:onTouch()
        return true -- Returns true if touch was handled
    end
    return false
end

function setup()
    ...
    onTouch = function (self)
        print("Button named "..self.name.." was touched!")
    end
    myButton1 = Button("Button 1", position, onTouch, nil)
    ...
end

function touched(touch)
    ...
    if myButton1:touched(touch) then -- Pass touch to myButton
        -- Do something if touch was handled by button
    else
        -- Do something else if touch was not handled by button
    end
    ...
end
4

I’m eleven years old anyway, so yeah…

5

I would lock this considering I made a button tutorial that uses only a couple lines of code, but I’m not a mod…