[release] AddedEffect effectlet

This effectlet will let you set an action that will be executed on certain events: choose between Activate or Toggle ShowCase, Show Control Panel and others (*) and assign them to user generated events such as MouseOn, LeftClick or Select.

(*) maybe more actions will come. I was trying with the LoadTheme method but it just hangs my AD. Can an effectlet change a theme? has anyone tried something like this?

Download the aveinst package

Version 0.0.1

Known issues:

• Toggle ShowCase: you may need a Delay of at least 2 seconds if you are using the MouseOn event. This is due to Avedesk sending a 2nd event to the desklet when it appears on the ShowCase layer
  
• Mouse clicks are captured by the effectlet as well as by the desklet. If the desklet is set to ignore mouse click, so does the effectlet...
  

- And yes, I've been playing FF-VII

#267492

The only problem I can image with the LoadTheme() is that all other desklets +their effectlets need to be destroyed. Since your effectlet is waiting for the LoadTheme() to end, it cannot be destroyed so LoadTheme() will actually never finish then.

#267500

The only problem I can image with the LoadTheme() is that all other desklets +their effectlets need to be destroyed. Since your effectlet is waiting for the LoadTheme() to end, it cannot be destroyed so LoadTheme() will actually never finish then.

#267504

NICE!! Testing,,

#268940

HI there,

Great work! I can see how this will be very useful when the bugs are ironed out (yes, I know it's a 0.0.1 release ).

I'm just wondering if it would be possible to have an option for a left-double click, since I have my desklets set to activate on double-click, and the effectlet is exiting showcase early...

Keep up the good work!

#292044

Wowza, überfantastico release! (how could I have missed this one???)

A request: could you add support for more keys? I would love the ability to choose the key you want (e.g. mouse5 or "page up"), that would make the package complete

#292086

@Zxian:

the Effect activates on single/double click depending on Avedesk configuration: if you have it set on double-click it will activate on a double-click, not before by default the Effectlet has "toggle ShowCase" on the MouseOn event... make sure it's disabled if you want it only on MouseClick !

About the version number... well, I don't know if there are bugs at all since the code is quite straightforward. I think this is a full release

@Phat-Liz0ard:

actually, I can't :slant: Effectlets have a limited number of events the can answer to, and I've used them all... you probably need a desklet for everything else, but I'm not even sure it is possible at all.

#292087

@dreadnaut:

I see now... I think I got it figured out. Thanks for the heads up. And yeah... it's pretty fool-proof. Go ahead and at least give it a release number of 0.9

#292104

@Phat-Liz0ard:

actually, I can't :slant: Effectlets have a limited number of events the can answer to, and I've used them all... you probably need a desklet for everything else, but I'm not even sure it is possible at all.

#292262

actually, I can't :slant: Effectlets have a limited number of events the can answer to, and I've used them all... you probably need a desklet for everything else, but I'm not even sure it is possible at all.

If you need more effectlet events, please name them so that I can tunnel them into the 1.3 release.

Also if you need more functionality in the AveDesk object model, go on.

On the wish list for 1.3, I only ever see user interface enhancement bits but almost no feedback from scripters.

While designing the EffectLet events, I thought of a key-preview event that would get the keystrokes first and decide if the desklet sees them at all. Would that be a solution?

#292315

If you need more effectlet events, please name them so that I can tunnel them into the 1.3 release.

#292320