[Gambas-user] Application_mousedown() + Application_keypress() ?

[Ron_1st]

On Monday 14 September 2009, Lee McPherson wrote:
> 
> Benoît Minisini wrote:
> >> I'm trying to get an application-wide mouse down event to register.  I
> >> found that when I do a Form_mousedown() it only triggers when you click
> >> on an empty part of the form, not when you're clicking on any type of
> >> control.  I'm looking for something that will trigger whenever you hit
> >> the mouse button.  (My app is going to be full screen, so I don't care
> >> if it works outside of the app window or not.)
> >>
> >> During my searching of the list archives, I found someone tried to use
> >> Application_Keypress() as a way to get a key press while the app is
> >> running.  Well, I tried it and it doesn't work, nothing happens:
> >>
> >> Static Public Sub Application_Keypress()
> >>     Message.Info(Key.code)
> >> End
> >>
> >> I tried it on Gambas 2.8 and I even compiled Gambas 3.0 r2329 and that
> >> didn't change anything.  I am using GTK only (Ubuntu).  Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Lee
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > There is no global pointer event handler, only Application_KeyPress(). But 
> > apparently it does not work with gb.gtk... Can you try with gb.qt to see if at 
> > least Application_KeyPress() is called? Note that this function must be 
> > defined in the startup class!
> >   
> Switching to gb.qt in gambas 3 works.  Haven't tried it in 2.8 yet, but 
> I don't want to use qt in any case.  Since there's no global pointer 
> event handler yet, it does not matter if you fix applicaiton_keypress 
> for gtk (for me at least). 
> 
> I would suggest a global pointer event handler as a feature if you have 
> the time.  The reason I wanted to use it was for a feedback response 
> when using a touchscreen.  Since there will be no pointer on the screen 
> (and no vibrate function like on a mobile phone), I wanted to create a 
> graphical response to touching (clicking) the screen with your finger (a 
> pointer). 
> 
> I suppose the only workaround to this is to create a procedure and call 
> the procedure for a mouse_down or mouse_up event for every control on 
> the form.
> 
> Let me say that despite some of the drawbacks, this is the easiest and 
> most useful tool I've ever used to do programming.  Keep up the good 
> work!  When I get better at this I hope to contribute more myself.
> 
> -Lee
> 

take a look for 'xev', is a util in the x11 package.


Best regards,

Ron_1st

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