mouse double clicks couldn't be handled

[Sergey Demidov]

Having callbacks on MouseAllButtonsDbl, MouseLeftDbl, MouseRightDbl and MouseMiddleDb in HookManager just gives gives no effect what-so-ever. It seems that mouse double click events can't be caught.
Using windows 7 x64, Pyton 2.6.2, pywin32 214 and pyHook 1.5.1.

[Sergey Demidov]

Here's workarround solution for this problem - a LMB double-clicking handler example. It's pretty ugly, though working. I now that time.clock() method is rather inconvenient for building high-resolution timers, but it catches the 0.1 second difference. How fast can you double-click, anyway? ))

import pythoncom, win32gui, pyHook, time

state = 0    #LMB states: 0 - befire ckicks; 1 - after 1st down; 2 - after 1st up; 3 - after 2nd down
tstart = 0    #timer start
tend = 0    #timer end
double_click_speed = 0.5 #in seconds

#LMB down handler
def OnMouseLeftDown(event):
    print 'MessageName:',event.MessageName

    global state
    global tstart
    if state == 0:
        tstart = time.clock()
        print 'TStart: ' + str(tstart)
        state = 1
    elif state == 2:
        state = 3
    print 'State: ' + str(state)
    print '-----'
   
    # return True to pass the event to other handlers
    return True

#LMB up handler
def OnMouseLeftUp(event):
    print 'MessageName:',event.MessageName

    global state
    global tstart
    global tend
    if state == 1:
        state = 2
    elif state == 3:
        state = 0
        tend = time.clock()
        tdiff = tend - tstart
        print 'TEnd: ' + str(tend)
        print 'Time: ' + str(tdiff)
        if tdiff < double_click_speed :
            OnMouseLeftDbl()
        tstart = 0
        tend = 0
    print 'State: ' + str(state)
    print '-----'

    # return True to pass the event to other handlers
    return True

#exit script by right click
def OnMouseRightDown(event):
    print 'MessageName:',event.MessageName
    print 'exit'
    hm.UnhookMouse()
    win32gui.PostQuitMessage(0)

    # return True to pass the event to other handlers
    return True

#LMB double clicking handler
def OnMouseLeftDbl():
    print 'DOUBLE CLICK!'

# create a hook manager
hm = pyHook.HookManager()
# watch for all mouse events
hm.MouseRightDown = OnMouseRightDown
hm.MouseLeftDown = OnMouseLeftDown
hm.MouseLeftUp = OnMouseLeftUp
# set the hook
hm.HookMouse()
print 'State: ' + str(state)
# wait for messages
pythoncom.PumpMessages()

[nanotube]

Hi,

Thanks for the comment, and workaround!

I'll see if i can reproduce this when i get a chance, over the next few days...