Man Scilab

xclick
Scilab Function

xclick - wait for a mouse click

Calling Sequence

[c_i,c_x,c_y,c_w,c_m]=xclick([flag])

Parameters

Description

xclick waits for a mouse click in the graphics window.

If it is called with 3 left hand side arguments, it waits for a mouse click in the current graphics window.

If it is called with 4 or 5 left hand side arguments, it waits for a mouse click in any graphics window.

The returned values are described below.

c_i : an integer which gives the number of the mouse button that was pressed 0, 1 or 2 (for left, middle and right) or -1 in case of problems with xclick.
c_x,c_y : the coordinates of the position of the mouse click in the current graphics scale.
c_w : the window number where the click has occurred.
c_m : string associated with a dynamic menu. If xclick returns due to a click on a menu, c_i , c_x , c_y, and c_w take arbitrary values.

Known troubles

xclick can return the message "Can't grab the pointer" if the graphics window is iconified when calling it.

See Also

locate ,   xgetmouse ,  

Author

J.Ph.C.

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