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

[Lee McPherson]

Ron_1st wrote:
> 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
>   
Thank you, I can see how this can be used as an alternative.  I'll be 
experimenting...

-Lee