[Gambas-user] Mouse Events

[Werner]

Matti wrote:
> When I want to use a DblClick event on some controls that don't have the "Activate" event (eg PictureBox), I get difficulties:
>
> The MouseDown event is (of course) raised before the DblClick event.
> So, before I can react to DblClick, I always land in MouseDown. Here I can tell if the mouse was pressed left or right and
> everything, but I can't see if it is just the first click of a DblClick.
>
> I don't see a possibility to respond to a single-click on the control in one Sub, and to a double-click in another, because
> there are always two events when there is a double-click.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks, Matti
You could try to knit your own doubleclick. All it needs is a timer.

Here is a pseudo code rough sketch:


Event routine myControl_MouseDown:
If myTimer is running
    then
       stop myTimer
       #do your Double Click stuff here
    else
       start myTimer
    end
end # myControl_MouseDown


Event routine myTimer_Timer:
stop myTimer
#do your single click stuff here
end # myTimer_Timer


You can then play with myTimer.Delay. Setting it to 1ms effectively
disables double click. I think 300..400ms is a good number. Maybe the
desktop of choice has a preference scheme where the user can set the delay.
MyTimer.Enabled is initially false.

Regards
Werner