Difference between revisions of "Mouse drag (event)"

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  while true do
 
  while true do
   _, xPos, yPos = os.pullEvent("[[mouse_drag_(event)|mouse_drag]]")
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   _, button, xPos, yPos = os.pullEvent("[[mouse_drag_(event)|mouse_drag]]")
 
   [[print]]("mouse_drag: X: " .. [[tostring]](xPos) .. ", " ..
 
   [[print]]("mouse_drag: X: " .. [[tostring]](xPos) .. ", " ..
 
     "Y: " .. [[tostring]](yPos))
 
     "Y: " .. [[tostring]](yPos))

Revision as of 03:12, 1 December 2012

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(Reason: A demonstration on the use and handling of this event would be beneficial. AfterLifeLochie 16:00, 30 November 2012 (MSK))


Grid Modem.png  Event mouse_drag
Fired when the mouse is dragged (implies that a mouse_click event has already occurred).
Returned Object 1 The new X-coordinate of the mouse (in screen-characters).
Returned Object 2 The new Y-coordinate of the mouse (in screen-characters).

Examples

Grid paper.png  Example
Print the new co-ordinates of the mouse every time a mouse_drag event occurs.
Code
while true do
  _, button, xPos, yPos = os.pullEvent("mouse_drag")
  print("mouse_drag: X: " .. tostring(xPos) .. ", " ..
    "Y: " .. tostring(yPos))
end
Output The X and Y position of the mouse during the drag.

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