Simple Paint program question

[StressaJune]

I'm trying to make a simple paint program. I already have the canvas and the menubar, and I have the options for rectangles and ovals.

Right now I check the mouse and get x,y position data and then draw the corresponding rectangle or oval, depending on which shape is selected.

But the problem is, I want to be able to select my rectangle or oval shape and then move it around the canvas.

What would I need to do in order to do that? Can anyone give me examples?

I would post my code but it's pretty long. :eek:

[paul pasciak]

Right now I check the mouse and get x,y position data
and then draw the corresponding rectangle or oval,
depending on which shape is selected.

From this, here are some things I know you know.

You know how to make the canvas respond to the mouse.
You know how to record mouse coordinates for each shape.

You should know that you can extend the data structure
that contains the above data to include:

Shape color
Bounding rectangle
Centroid
number id
name
selectedToDrag
and any other data that may or may not be useful.

My first thought was that you should add a bounding box
to your data structure. When your mouse movement
falls within a box, select that object, and create an
algorithm that modifies that object's x y values per
the mouse movement, or arrow keys.

I've done this many times, but I can't afford to spend
any more time on the details beyond this.