Re: [Visualpython-users] Is it possible to detect key changes during drag ?

[Stef M. <s.m...@ru...>]

thanks Bruce,

Bruce Sherwood wrote:
> Information about crtl, alt, and shift is part of scene.mouse; see the 
> documentation on handling mouse events.
But as far as I can see:
- the status of Ctrl / Alt doesn't change if there's no mouse event, i.e 
when dragging an object.
- Ctrl / Alt isn't catched by the keyboard event
>
> Also, keyboard events need not block, just as mouse events need not 
> block. scene.kb.keys is nonzero if there is a keyboard event waiting 
> to be processed, just as scene.mouse.events is nonzero if there is a 
> mouse event wating to be processed.
Thanks, I didn't read that correct .
>
> I'm guessing that what you mean by your final question is whether it 
> is possible to specify a function to be called when an event occurs, 
> rather than watching for an event in a loop, as in the routine above. 
> The answer is no; you have to detect events in a loop.
>
No, but you gave the answer above,

cheers,
Stef
> Bruce Sherwood
>
> Stef Mientki wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> I would like to detect if one of the special keys,
>> like Ctrl-Alt-Shift changes during mouse dragging.
>>
>> As far as I can see,
>> this doesn't seem possible,
>> because
>> - those keys don't generate a mouse event
>> - waiting for a key event blocks the dragging
>> Is this correct ?
>>
>> A more general question is:
>> is it possible to detect key or mouse events,
>> without waiting to happen ?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Stef
>>
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