Item list with scroll and draggable items

sudosushi

Ciao! I am currently working on my first game and wondered if there was anyone who had any idea how to create a list of items scrolling on the Y axis but to be able to drag items out of the list and into a drop area.

I've managed to get a scrollable list up to the point of being scrollable and being able to drag items out of the list but as soon as I deviate from the X axis while dragging (i.e. dragging down and right to drop in a bag) it ends up scrolling the entire list.

I've tried limiting the scroll to within a section of the list but it continues to think the draggable object is part of the list even outside of the draggable area.

Example:
http://sudosushi.com/i/gamesalad/draggablelist.png

I'm dragging an item from the right into the left.

If you have any questions about my project, do feel free to ask.

- Lorenzo

RThurman

@sudosushi -- Here is an example of something that might work:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6wdz6zgvj7l8dgr

RThurman

Perhaps the items in the list should be not be draggable. Could you spawn the appropriate item after the cursor (or finger) exits the scrolling section.

sudosushi

That's perfect. +1 to you, sir.

sudosushi

You couldn't point me in the right direction for changing the numbers to images could you? I'm making some progress but it's slow and I'm making a few mistakes and having to revert to save.

Edit: I've worked out the actors draggable images but am stumped on the '1' \n '2' \n etc. I understand the logic/regex. '1' break '2' break etc but I'm just wondering if I could have images there instead.

RThurman

You could create one long skinny graphic that has all the 'items' on it. Then you would put the image into a long skinny actor. The single actor then slides up and down. (Just like the actor with the numbers in it.)