- NAME
- event - Miscellaneous event facilities: define virtual events and generate events
- SYNOPSIS
- event option ?arg arg ...?
- DESCRIPTION
- event add <<virtual>> sequence ?sequence ...?
- event delete <<virtual>> ?sequence sequence ...?
- event generate window event ?option value option value ...?
- event info ?<<virtual>>?
- EVENT FIELDS
- -above window
- -borderwidth size
- -button number
- -count number
- -detail detail
- -focus boolean
- -height size
- -keycode number
- -keysym name
- -mode notify
- -override boolean
- -place where
- -root window
- -rootx coord
- -rooty coord
- -sendevent boolean
- -serial number
- -state state
- -subwindow window
- -time integer
- -width size
- -when when
- now
- tail
- head
- mark
- -x coord
- -y coord
- VIRTUAL EVENT EXAMPLES
- SEE ALSO
- KEYWORDS
event - Miscellaneous event facilities: define virtual events and generate events
event option ?arg arg ...?
The event command provides several facilities for dealing with
window system events, such as defining virtual events and synthesizing
events. The command has several different forms, determined by the
first argument. The following forms are currently supported:
- event add <<virtual>> sequence ?sequence ...?
-
Associates the virtual event virtual with the physical
event sequence(s) given by the sequence arguments, so that
the virtual event will trigger whenever any one of the sequences
occurs.
Virtual may be any string value and sequence may have
any of the values allowed for the sequence argument to the
bind command.
If virtual is already defined, the new physical event sequences
add to the existing sequences for the event.
- event delete <<virtual>> ?sequence sequence ...?
-
Deletes each of the sequences from those associated with
the virtual event given by virtual.
Virtual may be any string value and sequence may have
any of the values allowed for the sequence argument to the
bind command.
Any sequences not currently associated with virtual
are ignored.
If no sequence argument is provided, all physical event sequences
are removed for virtual, so that the virtual event will not
trigger anymore.
- event generate window event ?option value option value ...?
-
Generates a window event and arranges for it to be processed just as if
it had come from the window system.
Window gives the path name of the window for which the event
will be generated, and event provides a basic description of
the event, such as <Shift-Button-2> or <<Paste>>.
Event may have any of the forms allowed for the sequence
argument of the bind command except that it must consist
of a single event pattern, not a sequence.
Option-value pairs may be used to specify additional
attributes of the event, such as the x and y mouse position; see
EVENT FIELDS below. If the -when option is not specified, the
event is processed immediately: all of the handlers for the event
will complete before the event generate command returns.
If the -when option is specified then it determines when the
event is processed.
- event info ?<<virtual>>?
-
Returns information about virtual events.
If the <<virtual>> argument is omitted, the return value
is a list of all the virtual events that are currently defined.
If <<virtual>> is specified then the return value is
a list whose elements are the physical event sequences currently
defined for the given virtual event; if the virtual event is
not defined then an empty string is returned.
The following options are supported for the event generate
command. These correspond to the ``%'' expansions
allowed in binding scripts for the bind command.
- -above window
-
Window specifies the above field for the event,
either as a window path name or as an integer window id.
Valid for Configure events.
Corresponds to the %a substitution for binding scripts.
- -borderwidth size
-
Size must be a screen distance; it specifies the
border_width field for the event.
Valid for Configure events.
Corresponds to the %B substitution for binding scripts.
- -button number
-
Number must be an integer; it specifies the detail field
for a ButtonPress or ButtonRelease event, overriding
any button number provided in the base event argument.
Corresponds to the %b substitution for binding scripts.
- -count number
-
Number must be an integer; it specifies the count field
for the event. Valid for Expose events.
Corresponds to the %c substitution for binding scripts.
- -detail detail
-
Detail specifies the detail field for the event
and must be one of the following:
NotifyAncestor NotifyNonlinearVirtual
NotifyDetailNone NotifyPointer
NotifyInferior NotifyPointerRoot
NotifyNonlinear NotifyVirtual
Valid for Enter, Leave, FocusIn and
FocusOut events.
Corresponds to the %d substitution for binding scripts.
- -focus boolean
-
Boolean must be a boolean value; it specifies the focus
field for the event.
Valid for Enter and Leave events.
Corresponds to the %f substitution for binding scripts.
- -height size
-
Size must be a screen distance; it specifies the height
field for the event. Valid for Configure events.
Corresponds to the %h substitution for binding scripts.
- -keycode number
-
Number must be an integer; it specifies the keycode
field for the event.
Valid for KeyPress and KeyRelease events.
Corresponds to the %k substitution for binding scripts.
- -keysym name
-
Name must be the name of a valid keysym, such as g,
space, or Return; its corresponding
keycode value is used as the keycode field for event, overriding
any detail specified in the base event argument.
Valid for KeyPress and KeyRelease events.
Corresponds to the %K substitution for binding scripts.
- -mode notify
-
Notify specifies the mode field for the event and must be
one of NotifyNormal, NotifyGrab, NotifyUngrab, or
NotifyWhileGrabbed.
Valid for Enter, Leave, FocusIn, and
FocusOut events.
Corresponds to the %m substitution for binding scripts.
- -override boolean
-
Boolean must be a boolean value; it specifies the
override_redirect field for the event.
Valid for Map, Reparent, and Configure events.
Corresponds to the %o substitution for binding scripts.
- -place where
-
Where specifies the place field for the event; it must be
either PlaceOnTop or PlaceOnBottom.
Valid for Circulate events.
Corresponds to the %p substitution for binding scripts.
- -root window
-
Window must be either a window path name or an integer window
identifier; it specifies the root field for the event.
Valid for KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
ButtonRelease, Enter, Leave, and Motion
events.
Corresponds to the %R substitution for binding scripts.
- -rootx coord
-
Coord must be a screen distance; it specifies the x_root
field for the event.
Valid for KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
ButtonRelease, Enter, Leave, and Motion
events. Corresponds to the %X substitution for binding scripts.
- -rooty coord
-
Coord must be a screen distance; it specifies th y_root
field for the event.
Valid for KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
ButtonRelease, Enter, Leave, and Motion
events.
Corresponds to the %Y substitution for binding scripts.
- -sendevent boolean
-
Boolean must be a boolean value; it specifies the send_event
field for the event. Valid for all events. Corresponds to the
%E substitution for binding scripts.
- -serial number
-
Number must be an integer; it specifies the serial field
for the event. Valid for all events.
Corresponds to the %# substitution for binding scripts.
- -state state
-
State specifies the state field for the event.
For KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
ButtonRelease, Enter, Leave, and Motion events
it must be an integer value.
For Visibility events it must be one of VisibilityUnobscured,
VisibilityPartiallyObscured, or VisibilityFullyObscured.
This option overrides any modifiers such as Meta or Control
specified in the base event.
Corresponds to the %s substitution for binding scripts.
- -subwindow window
-
Window specifies the subwindow field for the event, either
as a path name for a Tk widget or as an integer window identifier.
Valid for KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
ButtonRelease, Enter, Leave, and Motion events.
Similar to %S substitution for binding scripts.
- -time integer
-
Integer must be an integer value; it specifies the time field
for the event.
Valid for KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
ButtonRelease, Enter, Leave, Motion,
and Property events.
Corresponds to the %t substitution for binding scripts.
- -width size
-
Size must be a screen distance; it specifies the width field
for the event.
Valid for Configure events.
Corresponds to the %w substitution for binding scripts.
- -when when
-
When determines when the event will be processed; it must have one
of the following values:
- now
-
Process the event immediately, before the command returns.
This also happens if the -when option is omitted.
- tail
-
Place the event on Tcl's event queue behind any events already
queued for this application.
- head
-
Place the event at the front of Tcl's event queue, so that it
will be handled before any other events already queued.
- mark
-
Place the event at the front of Tcl's event queue but behind any
other events already queued with -when mark.
This option is useful when generating a series of events that should
be processed in order but at the front of the queue.
- -x coord
-
Coord must be a screen distance; it specifies the x field
for the event.
Valid for KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
ButtonRelease, Motion, Enter, Leave,
Expose, Configure, Gravity, and Reparent
events.
Corresponds to the the %x substitution for binding scripts.
- -y coord
-
Coord must be a screen distance; it specifies the y
field for the event.
Valid for KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
ButtonRelease, Motion, Enter, Leave,
Expose, Configure, Gravity, and Reparent
events.
Corresponds to the the %y substitution for binding scripts.
Any options that are not specified when generating an event are filled
with the value 0, except for serial, which is filled with the
next X event serial number.
In order for a virtual event binding to trigger, two things must
happen. First, the virtual event must be defined with the
event add command. Second, a binding must be created for
the virtual event with the bind command.
Consider the following virtual event definitions:
event add <<Paste>> <Control-y>
event add <<Paste>> <Button-2>
event add <<Save>> <Control-X><Control-S>
event add <<Save>> <Shift-F12>
In the bind command, a virtual event can be bound like any other
builtin event type as follows:
bind Entry <<Paste>> {%W insert [selection get]}
The double angle brackets are used to specify that a virtual event is being
bound. If the user types Control-y or presses button 2, or if
a <<Paste>> virtual event is synthesized with event generate,
then the <<Paste>> binding will be invoked.
If a virtual binding has the exact same sequence as a separate
physical binding, then the physical binding will take precedence.
Consider the following example:
event add <<Paste>> <Control-y> <Meta-Control-y>
bind Entry <Control-y> {puts Control-y}
bind Entry <<Paste>> {puts Paste}
When the user types Control-y the <Control-y> binding
will be invoked, because a physical event is considered
more specific than a virtual event, all other things being equal.
However, when the user types Meta-Control-y the
<<Paste>> binding will be invoked, because the
Meta modifier in the physical pattern associated with the
virtual binding is more specific than the <Control-y> sequence for
the physical event.
Bindings on a virtual event may be created before the virtual event exists.
Indeed, the virtual event never actually needs to be defined, for instance,
on platforms where the specific virtual event would meaningless or
ungeneratable.
When a definition of a virtual event changes at run time, all windows
will respond immediately to the new definition.
Starting from the preceding example, if the following code is executed:
bind <Entry> <Control-y> {}
event add <<Paste>> <Key-F6>
the behavior will change such in two ways. First, the shadowed
<<Paste>> binding will emerge.
Typing Control-y will no longer invoke the <Control-y> binding,
but instead invoke the virtual event <<Paste>>. Second,
pressing the F6 key will now also invoke the <<Paste>> binding.
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Copyright © 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Copyright © 1995, 1996 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.