seteventhandler

Arguments

sfun_name

a character string. The name of the Scilab function which is intended to handle the events

Description

The function allows the user to set a particular event handler for the current graphic window. seteventhandler('') removes the handler.

For more information about event handler functions see the event handler functions help.

Examples

function my_eventhandler(win, x, y, ibut)
  if ibut==-1000 then return,end
  [x,y]=xchange(x,y,'i2f')
  gcf().info_message = msprintf('Event code %d at mouse position is (%f,%f)',ibut,x,y)
endfunction

plot2d()
seteventhandler('my_eventhandler')
//now:
//   -  move the mouse over the graphic window
//   -  press and release keys shifted or not with Ctrl pressed or not
//   -  press button, wait a little release
//   -  press and release button
//   -  double-click button

seteventhandler('') //suppress the event handler

See also

• addmenu — interactive button or menu definition
• xgetmouse — get the mouse events and current position
• xclick — Wait for a mouse click or an event in a graphic window.
• xchange — transform real to pixel coordinates
• event handler functions — Prototype of functions which may be used as event handler.
• figure_properties — description of the graphics figure entity properties