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I want to be able to drag an image object within a frame (Which is larger than the page) but I don't want the object to be dragged beyond the edge of the frame.
Similarly I want to be able to use use mouseover buttons to animate an image object by moving it horixontally, but I don't want it to move beyond the edge of its containing frame.
(This would be similar to the way an object can be made to bounce within its frame, but I want manual control of the dragging.)
any help appreciated...
thanks

Mac,

You can't stop the Opus's own drag and drop from going beyond the boundries of the frame. One option would be to create your own drag and drop as per the attached example. Once the object is clicked it moves to the position of the cursor, by adding a script to get the x,y positon of the object and then using some simple if statemnts it is possible to limit the movement of the object.

Regards

Brenden Knifton

Attached is another simulation of "Drag and Drop" containment within a Frame, using scripting. Hopefully someone better at scripting can improve on this, as there must be an easier way

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll need to think about them a bit... I think I could make them work if I get my head around the x,y positions
My objective is to have an image which is larger than the page and a frame which is larger then the image, so the image can be dragged as if it were behind the page, with only a portion of the image visible on the page at one time.
Ultimately I want to be able to drag a very long horizontal panoramic image through an almost square page.

Hi mac,

The easiest thing to do, would be to create a frame the same size as the page, then insert the much larger image into that frame. Then add a horizontal scrollbar to the frame, so you could then scroll the long panoramic image. (see "Page 2" of the attached).

Another other way is by dragging the actual image using OpusScript. No Frame container is needed. (see Page 1) ...I've had an attempt, but the scripting needs more work.

Another solution could be two large hotspots (see Page 3) -- just hold the mouse down and the image "moves" horizontally either way until it reaches its end.

The attached sample is a small page size sample.