Package com.openinventor.inventor.events

Class SoEvent

java.lang.Object
com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor
com.openinventor.inventor.events.SoEvent
Direct Known Subclasses:
SoButtonEvent, SoGestureEvent, SoLocation2Event, SoMotion3Event, SoMouseWheelEvent, SoTouchEvent, SoTrackerEvent
public class SoEvent extends Inventor
Base class for all events. SoEvent is the base class for events in the Open Inventor event model. An event typically represents a user action, such as a mouse button being pressed or a keyboard key being released. SoEvent contains general information found in all Open Inventor events, including the time the event occurred, the position of the locater when the event occurred, and the state of the modifier keys when the event occurred.

The virtual method SoEvent.getTrackerInfo() can be used to determine if an event object has associated 3D tracker information. Traditional 2D events like SoMouseButtonEvent and SoLocation2Event return NULL. 3D events like SoTrackerEvent and SoControllerButtonEvent return their associated tracker information (SbTrackerInfo).

Add an SoEventCallback node to the scene graph to handle Open Inventor events.

Events are delivered to the scene graph using an SoHandleEventAction.

The Open Inventor viewer classes automatically convert system events to Open Inventor event objects and send those event objects to the scene graph using an instance of SoSceneManager. SoSceneManager automatically creates and applies an SoHandleEventAction.

Similarly, the RemoteViz RenderArea class converts events coming from the RemoteViz client to Open Inventor event objects and sends those events to the scene graph using an instance of SoSceneManager.

Applications may create synthetic events and send them to the scene graph. Get the SoSceneManager object from the render area and call processEvent().

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  • Constructor Details

    • SoEvent

      public SoEvent()
      Constructor.

  • Method Details

    • setShiftDown

      public void setShiftDown(boolean isDown)
      Sets whether the shift key was down when the event occurred.

    • wasAltDown

      public boolean wasAltDown()
      Returns true if the ALT key was down when the event occurred.

    • wasButton1Down

      public boolean wasButton1Down()
      Returns true if mouse button 1 was down when the event occurred.

    • getPosition

      public SbVec2s getPosition()
      Returns the window pixel location of the cursor when the event occurred as integer values. The position is relative to the lower left corner of the window in which the event occurred.

      Position should be set for all events, but that may not be possible for some events in some display environments. If position was not available, the method returns 0,0.

    • setPosition

      public void setPosition(SbVec2f p)
      Float version of setPosition(const SbVec2s &p). It can be used when a desktop is magnified on a wall of screens using ScaleViz with a tracker device calibrated for this wall.

    • setCtrlDown

      public void setCtrlDown(boolean isDown)
      Sets whether the CTRL key was down when the event occurred.

    • getPositionFloat

      public SbVec2f getPositionFloat()
      Returns the window pixel location of the cursor when the event occurred as float values. The position is relative to the lower left corner of the window in which the event occurred.

      Position should be set for all events, but that may not be possible for some events in some display environments. If position was not available, the method returns 0,0.

    • getPositionFloat

      public SbVec2f getPositionFloat(SbViewportRegion vpRgn)
      Gets the viewport pixel location of the cursor when the event occurred, relative to the origin of the specified viewport region, as float values. Position should be set for all events, but that may not be possible for some events in some display environments. If position was not available, the method returns the viewport origin.

    • getPosition

      public SbVec2s getPosition(SbViewportRegion vpRgn)
      Gets the viewport pixel location of the cursor when the event occurred, relative to the origin of the specified viewport region, as integer values. Position should be set for all events, but that may not be possible for some events in some display environments. If position was not available, the method returns the viewport origin.

    • getNormalizedPosition

      public SbVec2f getNormalizedPosition(SbViewportRegion vpRgn)
      Gets the normalized location of the cursor when the event occurred, relative to the specified viewport region. The returned value will lie between 0.0 and 1.0.

      Position should be set for all events, but that may not be possible for some events in some display environments. If position was not available, the method returns 0,0.

    • setTime

      public void setTime(SbTime t)
      Sets the time at which the event occurred.

    • wasShiftDown

      public boolean wasShiftDown()
      Returns true if the shift key was down when the event occurred.

    • wasCtrlDown

      public boolean wasCtrlDown()
      Returns true if the CTRL key was down when the event occurred.

    • setButton1Down

      public void setButton1Down(boolean isDown)
      Sets whether mouse Button 1 was down when the event occurred.

    • setPosition

      public void setPosition(SbVec2s p)
      Sets the window pixel location of the cursor when the event occurred. The position is relative to the lower left corner of the window in which the event occurred.

    • setAltDown

      public void setAltDown(boolean isDown)
      Sets whether the ALT key was down when the event occurred.

    • getTime

      public SbTime getTime()
      Gets the time at which the event occurred.