Version: 3.3.0
wxMouseEvent Class Reference

#include <wx/event.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for wxMouseEvent:

Detailed Description

This event class contains information about the events generated by the mouse: they include mouse buttons press and release events and mouse move events.

All mouse events involving the buttons use wxMOUSE_BTN_LEFT for the left mouse button, wxMOUSE_BTN_MIDDLE for the middle one and wxMOUSE_BTN_RIGHT for the right one. And if the system supports more buttons, the wxMOUSE_BTN_AUX1 and wxMOUSE_BTN_AUX2 events can also be generated. Note that not all mice have even a middle button so a portable application should avoid relying on the events from it (but the right button click can be emulated using the left mouse button with the control key under Mac platforms with a single button mouse).

For the wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW and wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW events purposes, the mouse is considered to be inside the window if it is in the window client area and not inside one of its children. In other words, the parent window receives wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW event not only when the mouse leaves the window entirely but also when it enters one of its children.

The position associated with a mouse event is expressed in the window coordinates of the window which generated the event, you can use wxWindow::ClientToScreen() to convert it to screen coordinates and possibly call wxWindow::ScreenToClient() next to convert it to window coordinates of another window.

Note
Note the difference between methods like wxMouseEvent::LeftDown and the inherited wxMouseState::LeftIsDown: the former returns true when the event corresponds to the left mouse button click while the latter returns true if the left mouse button is currently being pressed. For example, when the user is dragging the mouse you can use wxMouseEvent::LeftIsDown to test whether the left mouse button is (still) depressed. Also, by convention, if wxMouseEvent::LeftDown returns true, wxMouseEvent::LeftIsDown will also return true in wxWidgets whatever the underlying GUI behaviour is (which is platform-dependent). The same applies, of course, to other mouse buttons as well.

Events using this class

The following event handler macros redirect the events to member function handlers 'func' with prototypes like:

void handlerFuncName(wxMouseEvent& event)

Event macros:

  • EVT_LEFT_DOWN(func):
    Process a wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN event. The handler of this event should normally call event.Skip() to allow the default processing to take place as otherwise the window under mouse wouldn't get the focus.
  • EVT_LEFT_UP(func):
    Process a wxEVT_LEFT_UP event.
  • EVT_LEFT_DCLICK(func):
    Process a wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK event.
  • EVT_MIDDLE_DOWN(func):
    Process a wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN event.
  • EVT_MIDDLE_UP(func):
    Process a wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP event.
  • EVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK(func):
    Process a wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK event.
  • EVT_RIGHT_DOWN(func):
    Process a wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN event.
  • EVT_RIGHT_UP(func):
    Process a wxEVT_RIGHT_UP event.
  • EVT_RIGHT_DCLICK(func):
    Process a wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK event.
  • EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DOWN(func):
    Process a wxEVT_AUX1_DOWN event.
  • EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_UP(func):
    Process a wxEVT_AUX1_UP event.
  • EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DCLICK(func):
    Process a wxEVT_AUX1_DCLICK event.
  • EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DOWN(func):
    Process a wxEVT_AUX2_DOWN event.
  • EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_UP(func):
    Process a wxEVT_AUX2_UP event.
  • EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DCLICK(func):
    Process a wxEVT_AUX2_DCLICK event.
  • EVT_MOTION(func):
    Process a wxEVT_MOTION event.
  • EVT_ENTER_WINDOW(func):
    Process a wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW event.
  • EVT_LEAVE_WINDOW(func):
    Process a wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW event.
  • EVT_MOUSEWHEEL(func):
    Process a wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL event.
  • EVT_MOUSE_EVENTS(func):
    Process all mouse events.
  • EVT_MAGNIFY(func):
    Process a wxEVT_MAGNIFY event (new since wxWidgets 3.1.0).

Library:  wxCore
Category:  Events
See also
wxKeyEvent

Public Member Functions

 wxMouseEvent (wxEventType mouseEventType=wxEVT_NULL)
 Constructor. More...
 
bool Aux1DClick () const
 Returns true if the event was a first extra button double click. More...
 
bool Aux1Down () const
 Returns true if the first extra button mouse button changed to down. More...
 
bool Aux1Up () const
 Returns true if the first extra button mouse button changed to up. More...
 
bool Aux2DClick () const
 Returns true if the event was a second extra button double click. More...
 
bool Aux2Down () const
 Returns true if the second extra button mouse button changed to down. More...
 
bool Aux2Up () const
 Returns true if the second extra button mouse button changed to up. More...
 
bool Button (wxMouseButton but) const
 Returns true if the event was generated by the specified button. More...
 
bool ButtonDClick (wxMouseButton but=wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY) const
 If the argument is omitted, this returns true if the event was a mouse double click event. More...
 
bool ButtonDown (wxMouseButton but=wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY) const
 If the argument is omitted, this returns true if the event was a mouse button down event. More...
 
bool ButtonUp (wxMouseButton but=wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY) const
 If the argument is omitted, this returns true if the event was a mouse button up event. More...
 
bool Dragging () const
 Returns true if this was a dragging event (motion while a button is depressed). More...
 
bool Entering () const
 Returns true if the mouse was entering the window. More...
 
int GetButton () const
 Returns the mouse button which generated this event or wxMOUSE_BTN_NONE if no button is involved (for mouse move, enter or leave event, for example). More...
 
int GetClickCount () const
 Returns the number of mouse clicks for this event: 1 for a simple click, 2 for a double-click, 3 for a triple-click and so on. More...
 
int GetLinesPerAction () const
 Returns the configured number of lines (or whatever) to be scrolled per wheel action. More...
 
int GetColumnsPerAction () const
 Returns the configured number of columns (or whatever) to be scrolled per wheel action. More...
 
wxPoint GetLogicalPosition (const wxDC &dc) const
 Returns the logical mouse position in pixels (i.e. translated according to the translation set for the DC, which usually indicates that the window has been scrolled). More...
 
float GetMagnification () const
 For magnify (pinch to zoom) events: returns the change in magnification. More...
 
int GetWheelDelta () const
 Get wheel delta, normally 120. More...
 
bool IsWheelInverted () const
 On Mac, has the user selected "Natural" scrolling in their System Preferences? Currently false on all other OS's. More...
 
int GetWheelRotation () const
 Get wheel rotation, positive or negative indicates direction of rotation. More...
 
wxMouseWheelAxis GetWheelAxis () const
 Gets the axis the wheel operation concerns. More...
 
bool IsButton () const
 Returns true if the event was a mouse button event (not necessarily a button down event - that may be tested using ButtonDown()). More...
 
bool IsPageScroll () const
 Returns true if the system has been setup to do page scrolling with the mouse wheel instead of line scrolling. More...
 
bool Leaving () const
 Returns true if the mouse was leaving the window. More...
 
bool LeftDClick () const
 Returns true if the event was a left double click. More...
 
bool LeftDown () const
 Returns true if the left mouse button changed to down. More...
 
bool LeftUp () const
 Returns true if the left mouse button changed to up. More...
 
bool Magnify () const
 Returns true if the event is a magnify (i.e. pinch to zoom) event. More...
 
bool MetaDown () const
 Returns true if the Meta key was down at the time of the event. More...
 
bool MiddleDClick () const
 Returns true if the event was a middle double click. More...
 
bool MiddleDown () const
 Returns true if the middle mouse button changed to down. More...
 
bool MiddleUp () const
 Returns true if the middle mouse button changed to up. More...
 
bool Moving () const
 Returns true if this was a motion event and no mouse buttons were pressed. More...
 
bool RightDClick () const
 Returns true if the event was a right double click. More...
 
bool RightDown () const
 Returns true if the right mouse button changed to down. More...
 
bool RightUp () const
 Returns true if the right mouse button changed to up. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxEvent
 wxEvent (int id=0, wxEventType eventType=wxEVT_NULL)
 Constructor. More...
 
virtual wxEventClone () const =0
 Returns a copy of the event. More...
 
wxObjectGetEventObject () const
 Returns the object (usually a window) associated with the event, if any. More...
 
wxEventType GetEventType () const
 Returns the identifier of the given event type, such as wxEVT_BUTTON. More...
 
virtual wxEventCategory GetEventCategory () const
 Returns a generic category for this event. More...
 
int GetId () const
 Returns the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id. More...
 
wxObjectGetEventUserData () const
 Return the user data associated with a dynamically connected event handler. More...
 
bool GetSkipped () const
 Returns true if the event handler should be skipped, false otherwise. More...
 
long GetTimestamp () const
 Gets the timestamp for the event. More...
 
bool IsCommandEvent () const
 Returns true if the event is or is derived from wxCommandEvent else it returns false. More...
 
void ResumePropagation (int propagationLevel)
 Sets the propagation level to the given value (for example returned from an earlier call to wxEvent::StopPropagation). More...
 
void SetEventObject (wxObject *object)
 Sets the originating object. More...
 
void SetEventType (wxEventType type)
 Sets the event type. More...
 
void SetId (int id)
 Sets the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id. More...
 
void SetTimestamp (long timeStamp=0)
 Sets the timestamp for the event. More...
 
bool ShouldPropagate () const
 Test if this event should be propagated or not, i.e. if the propagation level is currently greater than 0. More...
 
void Skip (bool skip=true)
 This method can be used inside an event handler to control whether further event handlers bound to this event will be called after the current one returns. More...
 
int StopPropagation ()
 Stop the event from propagating to its parent window. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxObject
 wxObject ()
 Default ctor; initializes to nullptr the internal reference data. More...
 
 wxObject (const wxObject &other)
 Copy ctor. More...
 
virtual ~wxObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual wxClassInfoGetClassInfo () const
 This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time type information, when using the wxDECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar). More...
 
wxObjectRefDataGetRefData () const
 Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object. More...
 
bool IsKindOf (const wxClassInfo *info) const
 Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as) the given class. More...
 
bool IsSameAs (const wxObject &obj) const
 Returns true if this object has the same data pointer as obj. More...
 
void Ref (const wxObject &clone)
 Makes this object refer to the data in clone. More...
 
void SetRefData (wxObjectRefData *data)
 Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer. More...
 
void UnRef ()
 Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero, deletes the data. More...
 
void UnShare ()
 This is the same of AllocExclusive() but this method is public. More...
 
void operator delete (void *buf)
 The delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier __WXDEBUG__ is defined. More...
 
void * operator new (size_t size, const wxString &filename=nullptr, int lineNum=0)
 The new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier __WXDEBUG__ is defined. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxMouseState
 wxMouseState ()
 Default constructor. More...
 
wxCoord GetX () const
 Returns X coordinate of the physical mouse event position. More...
 
wxCoord GetY () const
 Returns Y coordinate of the physical mouse event position. More...
 
bool LeftIsDown () const
 Returns true if the left mouse button is currently down. More...
 
bool MiddleIsDown () const
 Returns true if the middle mouse button is currently down. More...
 
bool RightIsDown () const
 Returns true if the right mouse button is currently down. More...
 
bool Aux1IsDown () const
 Returns true if the first extra button mouse button is currently down. More...
 
bool Aux2IsDown () const
 Returns true if the second extra button mouse button is currently down. More...
 
void SetX (wxCoord x)
 
void SetY (wxCoord y)
 
void SetPosition (const wxPoint &pos)
 
void SetLeftDown (bool down)
 
void SetMiddleDown (bool down)
 
void SetRightDown (bool down)
 
void SetAux1Down (bool down)
 
void SetAux2Down (bool down)
 
void SetState (const wxMouseState &state)
 
wxPoint GetPosition () const
 Returns the physical mouse position. More...
 
void GetPosition (int *x, int *y) const
 Returns the physical mouse position. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxKeyboardState
 wxKeyboardState (bool controlDown=false, bool shiftDown=false, bool altDown=false, bool metaDown=false)
 Constructor initializes the modifier key settings. More...
 
int GetModifiers () const
 Return the bit mask of all pressed modifier keys. More...
 
bool HasAnyModifiers () const
 Returns true if any modifiers at all are pressed. More...
 
bool HasModifiers () const
 Returns true if Control or Alt are pressed. More...
 
bool ControlDown () const
 Returns true if the Control key or Apple/Command key under macOS is pressed. More...
 
bool RawControlDown () const
 Returns true if the Control key (also under macOS). More...
 
bool ShiftDown () const
 Returns true if the Shift key is pressed. More...
 
bool MetaDown () const
 Returns true if the Meta/Windows/Apple key is pressed. More...
 
bool AltDown () const
 Returns true if the Alt key is pressed. More...
 
bool CmdDown () const
 Returns true if the key used for command accelerators is pressed. More...
 
void SetControlDown (bool down)
 
void SetRawControlDown (bool down)
 
void SetShiftDown (bool down)
 
void SetAltDown (bool down)
 
void SetMetaDown (bool down)
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Member Functions inherited from wxObject
void AllocExclusive ()
 Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object. More...
 
virtual wxObjectRefDataCreateRefData () const
 Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and returns it. More...
 
virtual wxObjectRefDataCloneRefData (const wxObjectRefData *data) const
 Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and initializes it copying data. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from wxEvent
int m_propagationLevel
 Indicates how many levels the event can propagate. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from wxObject
wxObjectRefDatam_refData
 Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data. More...
 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ wxMouseEvent()

wxMouseEvent::wxMouseEvent ( wxEventType  mouseEventType = wxEVT_NULL)

Constructor.

Valid event types are:

  • wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW
  • wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW
  • wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN
  • wxEVT_LEFT_UP
  • wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK
  • wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN
  • wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP
  • wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK
  • wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN
  • wxEVT_RIGHT_UP
  • wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK
  • wxEVT_AUX1_DOWN
  • wxEVT_AUX1_UP
  • wxEVT_AUX1_DCLICK
  • wxEVT_AUX2_DOWN
  • wxEVT_AUX2_UP
  • wxEVT_AUX2_DCLICK
  • wxEVT_MOTION
  • wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL
  • wxEVT_MAGNIFY

Member Function Documentation

◆ Aux1DClick()

bool wxMouseEvent::Aux1DClick ( ) const

Returns true if the event was a first extra button double click.

◆ Aux1Down()

bool wxMouseEvent::Aux1Down ( ) const

Returns true if the first extra button mouse button changed to down.

◆ Aux1Up()

bool wxMouseEvent::Aux1Up ( ) const

Returns true if the first extra button mouse button changed to up.

◆ Aux2DClick()

bool wxMouseEvent::Aux2DClick ( ) const

Returns true if the event was a second extra button double click.

◆ Aux2Down()

bool wxMouseEvent::Aux2Down ( ) const

Returns true if the second extra button mouse button changed to down.

◆ Aux2Up()

bool wxMouseEvent::Aux2Up ( ) const

Returns true if the second extra button mouse button changed to up.

◆ Button()

bool wxMouseEvent::Button ( wxMouseButton  but) const

Returns true if the event was generated by the specified button.

See also
wxMouseState::ButtoinIsDown()

◆ ButtonDClick()

bool wxMouseEvent::ButtonDClick ( wxMouseButton  but = wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY) const

If the argument is omitted, this returns true if the event was a mouse double click event.

Otherwise the argument specifies which double click event was generated (see Button() for the possible values).

◆ ButtonDown()

bool wxMouseEvent::ButtonDown ( wxMouseButton  but = wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY) const

If the argument is omitted, this returns true if the event was a mouse button down event.

Otherwise the argument specifies which button-down event was generated (see Button() for the possible values).

◆ ButtonUp()

bool wxMouseEvent::ButtonUp ( wxMouseButton  but = wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY) const

If the argument is omitted, this returns true if the event was a mouse button up event.

Otherwise the argument specifies which button-up event was generated (see Button() for the possible values).

◆ Dragging()

bool wxMouseEvent::Dragging ( ) const

Returns true if this was a dragging event (motion while a button is depressed).

See also
Moving()

◆ Entering()

bool wxMouseEvent::Entering ( ) const

Returns true if the mouse was entering the window.

See also
Leaving()

◆ GetButton()

int wxMouseEvent::GetButton ( ) const

Returns the mouse button which generated this event or wxMOUSE_BTN_NONE if no button is involved (for mouse move, enter or leave event, for example).

Otherwise wxMOUSE_BTN_LEFT is returned for the left button down, up and double click events, wxMOUSE_BTN_MIDDLE and wxMOUSE_BTN_RIGHT for the same events for the middle and the right buttons respectively.

◆ GetClickCount()

int wxMouseEvent::GetClickCount ( ) const

Returns the number of mouse clicks for this event: 1 for a simple click, 2 for a double-click, 3 for a triple-click and so on.

Currently this function is implemented only in wxMac and returns -1 for the other platforms (you can still distinguish simple clicks from double-clicks as they generate different kinds of events however).

Since
2.9.0

◆ GetColumnsPerAction()

int wxMouseEvent::GetColumnsPerAction ( ) const

Returns the configured number of columns (or whatever) to be scrolled per wheel action.

Default value under most platforms is three.

See also
GetLinesPerAction()
Since
2.9.5

◆ GetLinesPerAction()

int wxMouseEvent::GetLinesPerAction ( ) const

Returns the configured number of lines (or whatever) to be scrolled per wheel action.

Default value under most platforms is three.

See also
GetColumnsPerAction()

◆ GetLogicalPosition()

wxPoint wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition ( const wxDC dc) const

Returns the logical mouse position in pixels (i.e. translated according to the translation set for the DC, which usually indicates that the window has been scrolled).

◆ GetMagnification()

float wxMouseEvent::GetMagnification ( ) const

For magnify (pinch to zoom) events: returns the change in magnification.

A value of 0 means no change, a positive value means we should enlarge (or zoom in), a negative value means we should shrink (or zoom out).

This method is only valid to call for wxEVT_MAGNIFY events which are currently only generated under macOS.

See also
Magnify()
Since
3.1.0

◆ GetWheelAxis()

wxMouseWheelAxis wxMouseEvent::GetWheelAxis ( ) const

Gets the axis the wheel operation concerns.

Usually the mouse wheel is used to scroll vertically so wxMOUSE_WHEEL_VERTICAL is returned but some mice (and most trackpads) also allow to use the wheel to scroll horizontally in which case wxMOUSE_WHEEL_HORIZONTAL is returned.

Notice that before wxWidgets 2.9.4 this method returned int.

◆ GetWheelDelta()

int wxMouseEvent::GetWheelDelta ( ) const

Get wheel delta, normally 120.

This is the threshold for action to be taken, and one such action (for example, scrolling one increment) should occur for each delta.

◆ GetWheelRotation()

int wxMouseEvent::GetWheelRotation ( ) const

Get wheel rotation, positive or negative indicates direction of rotation.

Current devices all send an event when rotation is at least +/-WheelDelta, but finer resolution devices can be created in the future.

Because of this you shouldn't assume that one event is equal to 1 line, but you should be able to either do partial line scrolling or wait until several events accumulate before scrolling.

◆ IsButton()

bool wxMouseEvent::IsButton ( ) const

Returns true if the event was a mouse button event (not necessarily a button down event - that may be tested using ButtonDown()).

◆ IsPageScroll()

bool wxMouseEvent::IsPageScroll ( ) const

Returns true if the system has been setup to do page scrolling with the mouse wheel instead of line scrolling.

◆ IsWheelInverted()

bool wxMouseEvent::IsWheelInverted ( ) const

On Mac, has the user selected "Natural" scrolling in their System Preferences? Currently false on all other OS's.

"Natural" scrolling means that content scrolling happens in the opposite direction, and if you are indeed scrolling content then you don't need to use this function because macOS has already inverted the scroll direction. But there can be special situations where you want the mouse wheel action to work always in the same direction and in that case you will need this function.

Since
3.1.3

◆ Leaving()

bool wxMouseEvent::Leaving ( ) const

Returns true if the mouse was leaving the window.

See also
Entering().

◆ LeftDClick()

bool wxMouseEvent::LeftDClick ( ) const

Returns true if the event was a left double click.

◆ LeftDown()

bool wxMouseEvent::LeftDown ( ) const

Returns true if the left mouse button changed to down.

◆ LeftUp()

bool wxMouseEvent::LeftUp ( ) const

Returns true if the left mouse button changed to up.

◆ Magnify()

bool wxMouseEvent::Magnify ( ) const

Returns true if the event is a magnify (i.e. pinch to zoom) event.

Such events are currently generated only under macOS.

See also
GetMagnification()
Since
3.1.0

◆ MetaDown()

bool wxMouseEvent::MetaDown ( ) const

Returns true if the Meta key was down at the time of the event.

◆ MiddleDClick()

bool wxMouseEvent::MiddleDClick ( ) const

Returns true if the event was a middle double click.

◆ MiddleDown()

bool wxMouseEvent::MiddleDown ( ) const

Returns true if the middle mouse button changed to down.

◆ MiddleUp()

bool wxMouseEvent::MiddleUp ( ) const

Returns true if the middle mouse button changed to up.

◆ Moving()

bool wxMouseEvent::Moving ( ) const

Returns true if this was a motion event and no mouse buttons were pressed.

If any mouse button is held pressed, then this method returns false and Dragging() returns true.

◆ RightDClick()

bool wxMouseEvent::RightDClick ( ) const

Returns true if the event was a right double click.

◆ RightDown()

bool wxMouseEvent::RightDown ( ) const

Returns true if the right mouse button changed to down.

◆ RightUp()

bool wxMouseEvent::RightUp ( ) const

Returns true if the right mouse button changed to up.