Name: hotspotClicked

Type: message

Syntax: hotspotClicked <hotspotID>

Summary: Sent to a player containing a <QuickTime VR> movie when the user clicks one of the movie's hot spots.

Associations: player

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows

Platforms: desktop,server,web

Example:

on hotSpotClicked theNode -- show a text description

if theNode is among the lines of the clickableNodes of me then

put line theNode of field "Tips" into field "Display"

end if

end hotspotClicked

Parameters:

hotspotID: The ID of the QuickTime VR hot spot that was clicked.

Description:

Handle the <hotspotClicked> <message> if you want to perform some additional action when the user clicks a hot spot in a <QuickTime VR> movie.

Each hot spot of a QuickTime VR movie is a clickable link, usually from one node to another. The movie author sets the hot spots during development of the movie. The user clicks a hot spot in the player to activate the link.

If the user navigates to another node by clicking a hot spot in the QuickTime VR movie, a <nodeChanged> <message> is sent after the <hotspotClicked> <message>.

References: hotspots (property), nodeChanged (message), QTDebugStr (message), QuickTime VR (glossary), message (glossary)

Tags: multimedia