Comments on: ActionScript 3 Marching Ants Selection Marquee

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:44:43 +0000

Not much really, its a bit of a gimmick.

Bret — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:21:49 +0000

Very nice but what can it be used for?
Can we get information regarding the selected area defined by the marching ants?

Dale — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:39:36 +0000

Mike,

Thanks for that tip.

I’ve been meaning to revist this Class and re work it, just have not had the time.

Mario,

I agree!

Thanks for the AS2 examples.

Mario Klingemann — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:50:26 +0000

In case you are looking for an AS2 version you can check my solution from 2005: http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000571.php

BTW – you can save a lot of performance but not redrawing that rectangle upon every frame but simply animating the bitmap fill.

Mike J — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:54:04 +0000

And in the sample above, just update the offset in your animation loop by a desired amount. =)