Re: how to use MouseAdapter - update

Posted by Albert Cardona-2 on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/how-to-use-MouseAdapter-tp5024620p5024628.html

Use:

e.isShiftDown()
e.isAltDown()
e.isControlDown()

which return boolean, and where “e” is the MouseEvent instance passed as argument to e.g., mousePressed.

Albert

> On Apr 18, 2021, at 2:04 PM, Aryeh Weiss <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I found that the getModifiersEx() method works, and that if I press shift it returns 64, and control returns 128. So now I have a way to detect a pressed shift or control.  The new code is
>
> class DliteMouseListener (MouseAdapter):
>
>     def __init__ (self):
>         self.xLoc = 0
>         self.yLoc = 0
>         self.mods = 0
>     def mouseClicked (self, e):
>         print 'In DliteMouseListener: e.getX() =', e.getX(), ', e.getY() =', e.getY(), "mods = ", e.getModifiersEx()
>         self.xLoc = e.getX()
>         self.yLoc = e.getY()
>         self.mods = e.getModifiersEx()
>     def X(self):
>         return self.xLoc
>     def Y(self):
>         return self.yLoc
>
> and I run this to test it:
>
>     while True:
> #        wd = WaitForUserDialog("select "+classOfImage)
> #        wd.show()
>         newX = dML.X()
>         newY = dML.Y()
>         if dML.mods == 64:
>             break
>         elif xLoc != newX or yLoc != newY:
>             xLoc = newX
>             yLoc = newY
>             print "top level: ",xLoc, yLoc
>
> However, now the strange thing is that when I click my mouse, it does thing twice, and if I hold shift, it breaks, but only after printing a set of coordinates. Here is the output for three clicks and then a 4th click while holding the shift key:
>
> In DliteMouseListener: e.getX() = 922, e.getY() = 507, mods = 0
> top level: 922 0
> top level: 922 507
> In DliteMouseListener: e.getX() = 622, e.getY() = 517, mods = 0
> top level: 622 507
> top level: 622 517
> In DliteMouseListener: e.getX() = 1044, e.getY() = 875, mods = 0
> top level: 1044 517
> top level: 1044 875
> In DliteMouseListener: e.getX() = 1148, e.getY() = 768, mods = 64
> top level: 1148 875
>
> For each call to the listener, it printed two points , because it ran
>         elif xLoc != newX or yLoc != newY:
>             xLoc = newX
>             yLoc = newY
>             print "top level: ",xLoc, yLoc
> twice. Somehow ,  xLoc and yLoc changed even thought the mouse was not clicked.
> If I use the WaitfForUser dialog, it all works correctly. Even if I click repeated on the WaitForUser prompt, it does not give me a second point.
>
> What have I done wrong?
>
> --aryeh
>
> --
> Aryeh Weiss
> Faculty of Engineering
> Bar Ilan University
> Ramat Gan 52900 Israel
>
> Ph:  972-3-5317638
> FAX: 972-3-7384051
>
>
>
>> On 18/04/2021 14:35, Aryeh Weiss wrote:
>>
>> I am try to do something interactive, and for this reason I need to learn ho wot use MouseAdapter.
>>
>> I began with  this, and it works fine.:
>>
>> from java.awt.event import MouseAdapter
>>
>> class DliteMouseListener (MouseAdapter):
>>
>>     def __init__ (self):
>>         self.xLoc = 0
>>         self.yLoc = 0
>>     def mouseClicked (self, e):
>>         print 'In DliteMouseListener: e.getX() =', e.getX(), ', e.getY() =', e.getY()
>>         self.xLoc = e.getX()
>>         self.yLoc = e.getY()
>>
>> and this calls it:
>>
>> dML = DliteMouseListener()
>> ic = inputImp.getCanvas()
>> ic.addMouseListener (dML)
>>
>> So far, it works fine.
>>
>> Now I want to be able to detect if the shift or control key is pressed, so I looked up MouseEvent, and found
>> getMouseModifiersText(int modifiers), so I tried to use
>>
>> e.getMouseModifiersText("Shift") or e.getMouseModifiersText("Control") to check if the Shift or Control key is pressed during the event.
>>
>> I get the following error in the Fiji ConsoleAttributeError: 'java.awt.event.MouseEvent' object has no attribute 'getModifierStateText'
>>
>> I tried variations of this such as using MouseEvent.shiftKey , or MouseEvent.ctrlKey, and again these attributes do not exist.
>>
>> When I pretty-print the MouseEvent e, I see that it gives my the coordinates, the absolute coordinates, the button number, and the clickCount. (and indeed, e.button worked).
>>
>> At this point I realize that I do not understand something basic about how this works.
>>
>> Can I modify the dML class to do this, or am I completely off target and I need something completely different to do what I am trying to do?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>>
>> --aryeh
>>
>> --
>> Aryeh Weiss
>> Faculty of Engineering
>> Bar Ilan University
>> Ramat Gan 52900 Israel
>>
>> Ph:  972-3-5317638
>> FAX: 972-3-7384051
>>
>
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