Man Scilab

xgetmouse
Scilab Function

xgetmouse - get the mouse events and current position

Calling Sequence

rep=xgetmouse([flag], [sel])

Parameters

Description

If the mouse pointer is located in the current graphics window, xgetmouse returns in rep the current pointer position (x,y) and the value ibutton . The ibutton value indicates the event type:

- if ibutton is -1 then a mouse motion' was got (if getmotion has been set to %t) .
- if ibutton is -5 -4 or -2 then left , middle or right button' was released (if getrelease has been set to %t).
- if ibutton is 0, 1 or 2, then the left, middle or right button'> was pressed. If the mouse is not located in the current graphics window, xgetmouse waits. Moreover, xgetmouse works in a synchonous way, i.e. waits for a mouse event (click or pointer movement) to occur before exiting.

Examples


xselect(); xbasc(); xsetech([0 0 1 1],[0 0 100 100])
xset("alufunction",6)
xtitle(" drawing a rectangle ")
[b,x0,y0]=xclick(); rep=[x0,y0,-1]; x=x0; y=y0;
xrect(x0,y0,x-x0,y-y0)
while rep(3)==-1 then
    rep=xgetmouse(0)
    xrect(x0,y0,x-x0,y0-y)
    x=rep(1); y=rep(2);
    xrect(x0,y0,x-x0,y0-y)
end
xset("alufunction",3)
 
  

See Also

locate ,   xclick ,  

Author

S. Steer

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