IlvEvent Class Reference

Event handling class. More...

#include <ilviews/base/event.h>

Public Member Functions
IlUShort	getButton () const
	Retrieves the mouse button. More...
void	getGLocation (IlvPoint &p) const
	Retrieves the global location of the event. More...
const IlvPoint &	getGLocation () const
	Retrieves the global location of the event. More...
IlvPos	getGx () const
	Retrieves the global x location of the event. More...
IlvPos	getGy () const
	Retrieves the global y location of the event. More...
IlvDim	getH () const
	Retrieves the height of the exposed area. More...
IlAny	getInternal () const
	The underlying system object reflected by this IlvEvent. More...
IlUShort	getKey () const
	Retrieves the key code. More...
void	getLocation (IlvPoint &p) const
	Retrieves the location of the event. More...
IlUShort	getModifiers () const
	Retrieves the modifiers. More...
int	getMultiClickCount () const
	Retrieves the mouse clicks count. More...
IlUShort	getTouchPoint () const
	Retrieves the ID of a touch point for WM_TOUCH events. More...
IlvEventType	getType () const
	Returns the event type. More...
IlvAbstractView *	getView () const
	Retrieves the view in which the event occurred. More...
IlvDim	getW () const
	Retrieves the width of the exposed area. More...
IlvPos	getX () const
	Retrieves the x location of the event. More...
IlvPos	getY () const
	Retrieves the y location of the event. More...

Detailed Description

Event handling class.

Library: xviews or winviews or mviews (mutually exclusive)

The IlvEvent class handles all the events that the views can receive, such as mouse and keyboard events.

Member Function Documentation

IlUShort IlvEvent::getButton

(

)

const

Retrieves the mouse button.

Returns

A number indicating the relevant mouse button. Its value is meaningful only when the event has something to do with a mouse-button event (that is, when getType() returns either IlvButtonDown, IlvButtonUp, or IlvButtonDragged). Several mouse buttons are envisaged and can be combined for multiple button situations: IlvLeftButton, IlvMiddleButton, IlvRightButton and others values that are rarely used.

You can check whether any of the pointing device buttons is pressed by masking the getButton() value with IlvAnyButton. If the result of an AND operation between those two values is not 0, then a button has been pressed.

void IlvEvent::getGLocation

(

IlvPoint &

p

)

const

Retrieves the global location of the event.

The returned point indicates the location of the event, relatively to the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

Parameters

p	Is set to the global location of the event.

const IlvPoint& IlvEvent::getGLocation

(

)

const

Retrieves the global location of the event.

The returned point indicates the location of the event, relatively to the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

Returns

The global location of the event.

IlvPos IlvEvent::getGx

(

)

const

Retrieves the global x location of the event.

Returns

The global x location of the event.

See Also

getGLocation().

IlvPos IlvEvent::getGy

(

)

const

Retrieves the global y location of the event.

Returns

The global y location of the event.

See Also

getGLocation().

IlvDim IlvEvent::getH

(

)

const

Retrieves the height of the exposed area.

This value is meaningful only in the case of an Expose event (of the IlvRepaint type).

Returns

The height of the exposed area (the rectangle for which the display system requests a region update). The other parameters of this rectangle are available using getX(), getY() and getW().

IlAny IlvEvent::getInternal

(

)

const

The underlying system object reflected by this IlvEvent.

Returns

A pointer to the system event object that generated this IlvEvent. This object is system dependent.

IlUShort IlvEvent::getKey

(

)

const

Retrieves the key code.

Returns

The code of a keyboard key that may have been pressed. It is relevant only when the member function type of your IlvEvent object has returned IlvKeyUp or IlvKeyDown. The value returned by this member function is either the ASCII code of the key that was pressed or a special code corresponding to one of the many keys available on the majority of keyboards. (see IlvDeleteKey, IlvF0Key...IlvF19Key, and so on).

Not every kind of keyboard will be able to produce each of these key codes. The values IlvUpKey, IlvDownKey, IlvLeftKey and IlvRightKey identify the arrow-pad keys. States of modifier keys such as Shift, Control and CAPS LOCK are managed internally. To ensure portability, do not define any other keyboard keys.

void IlvEvent::getLocation

(

IlvPoint &

p

)

const

Retrieves the location of the event.

The returned point indicates the location of the event, relatively to the upper left-hand corner of the view where the event occurred.

In the case of an expose event, this point is the upper-left corner of the exposed region (see getW and getH).

Parameters

p	Is set to the location of the event.

IlUShort IlvEvent::getModifiers

(

)

const

Retrieves the modifiers.

Returns

The current state of the modifier keys: IlvShiftModifier, IlvCtrlModifier, IlvAltModifier, IlvMetaModifier, IlvNumModifier, IlvLockModifier, IlvAltGModifier.

You can check for the presence of any of these modifiers by masking the modifiers value with IlvAnyModifier.

These values can be combined with a mouse-button code by means of an OR operation. Consequently, your programs can detect the combined effect of mouse-button and modifier-key states for any event.

Because typing a letter key combined with a Shift or Control key returns a different result depending on the system used, all letter-derived events lose their Shift/Control modifiers. It therefore becomes much easier to simply check the ASCII code of the key. For example, the ASCII code for Ctrl-A is converted to IlvCtrlChar('A'), which is 1.

Other examples
When you press Shift-A you receive an event with the following fields:

data.key = 'A'
modifiers = 0

When you press Ctrl-A you receive an event with the following fields:

data.key  = 1
modifiers = 0

When you press Ctrl-Shift-A, you do not lose the Shift modifier and the event has the following fields:

data.key  = 1
modifiers = IlvShiftModifier

int IlvEvent::getMultiClickCount

(

)

const

Retrieves the mouse clicks count.

Returns

The number of mouse clicks for an IlvMultiClick event only.

IlUShort IlvEvent::getTouchPoint

(

)

const

Retrieves the ID of a touch point for WM_TOUCH events.

The returned index can be used to retrieve the touch point into an array filled by IlvDisplay::getTouchPoints() function. This index is unique for the lifetime of a touch point, but once the touch point disappears, its index can be reused for a future touch point.

IlvEventType IlvEvent::getType

(

)

const

Returns the event type.

Returns

The type of the event as one of the values whose names appear in the definition of the IlvEventType enumeration type.

IlvAbstractView* IlvEvent::getView

(

)

const

Retrieves the view in which the event occurred.

Returns

The view in which the event occurred.

IlvDim IlvEvent::getW

(

)

const

Retrieves the width of the exposed area.

This value is meaningful only in the case of an Expose event (of the IlvRepaint type).

Returns

The width of the exposed area (the rectangle for which the display system requests a region update). The other parameters of this rectangle are available using getX(), getY() and getH().

IlvPos IlvEvent::getX

(

)

const

Retrieves the x location of the event.

Returns

The x location of the event.

See Also

getLocation().

IlvPos IlvEvent::getY

(

)

const

Retrieves the y location of the event.

Returns

The y location of the event.

See Also

getLocation().