> I'm using a post-emptive handler to add some interactive functionality
> to xyplot ( along the lines of DEMOS/xyplotall.c ). The 'key' value
> which gets returned to this handler accurately reflects which mouse
> button was pressed, but I'd like to be able to provide modified
> response by using eg keyboard SHIFT + LEFT MOUSE BUTTON.
>
> Neither 'key' (nor fl_mouse_button used in a callback) seem to give
> any indication as to the concurrent status of SHIFT, ALT etc key
> modifiers. Can this be accomplished, and if so how?
I'm not sure offhand what the `raw_event' parameter contains for a
button press but if it does indeed contain the ButtonPress event that
triggered the callback, you can get this information from the `state'
mask in the XButtonEvent structure. Assuming that this theory is
correct (and, as I say, I'm not absolutely certain that XForms really
does pass you the XButtonEvent structure), you can do something like
XEvent *generic_event = ( XEvent *) raw_event;
if ( ( key == 1 ) && ( generic_event->type == ButtonPress ) ) {
XButtonPressedEvent *button_press =
( XButtonPressedEvent *) generic_event;
if ( ShiftMask & button_press->state )
do_your_shift_left_mouse_thing();
}
It's worth a try, anyhow.
If XForms hands you some bogus synthetic event (which it may), then
you'll have to do
FL_Coord x;
FL_Coord y;
unsigned int keymask;
...
fl_get_mouse( &x, &y, &keymask );
if ( keymask && ( ShiftMask | Button1Mask ) )
do_your_shift_left_mouse_thing();
The only reason I don't recommend this method straight out of the box
is that fl_get_mouse() requires a round trip to the server since in
its innards it calls XQueryPointer(). On a network connection, of
course, this can add significant delay.
Refer to the manual, Chapter 24, "Drawing Objects," for details on
fl_get_mouse() and your favorite Xlib reference for information on
XQueryPointer() and/or the guts of the XButtonPressedEvent structure.
spl
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