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NSEvent

Authors

Scott Christley (scottc@net-community.com)
Ovidiu Predescu (ovidiu@net-community.com)
Felipe A. Rodriguez (far@ix.netcom.com)
The event class

Copyright: (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Software documentation for the NSEvent class

NSEvent : NSObject

Declared in:
AppKit/NSEvent.h
Conforms to:
NSCoding
NSCopying
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.
Instance Variables

Method summary

enterExitEventWithType: location: modifierFlags: timestamp: windowNumber: context: eventNumber: trackingNumber: userData: 

+ (NSEvent*) enterExitEventWithType: (NSEventType)type location: (NSPoint)location modifierFlags: (NSUInteger)flags timestamp: (NSTimeInterval)time windowNumber: (NSInteger)windowNum context: (NSGraphicsContext*)context eventNumber: (NSInteger)eventNum trackingNumber: (NSInteger)trackingNum userData: (void*)userData;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

keyEventWithType: location: modifierFlags: timestamp: windowNumber: context: characters: charactersIgnoringModifiers: isARepeat: keyCode: 

+ (NSEvent*) keyEventWithType: (NSEventType)type location: (NSPoint)location modifierFlags: (NSUInteger)flags timestamp: (NSTimeInterval)time windowNumber: (NSInteger)windowNum context: (NSGraphicsContext*)context characters: (NSString*)keys charactersIgnoringModifiers: (NSString*)ukeys isARepeat: (BOOL)repeatKey keyCode: (unsigned short)code;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

mouseEventWithType: location: modifierFlags: timestamp: windowNumber: context: eventNumber: clickCount: pressure: 

+ (NSEvent*) mouseEventWithType: (NSEventType)type location: (NSPoint)location modifierFlags: (NSUInteger)flags timestamp: (NSTimeInterval)time windowNumber: (NSInteger)windowNum context: (NSGraphicsContext*)context eventNumber: (NSInteger)eventNum clickCount: (NSInteger)clickNum pressure: (float)pressureValue;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

mouseEventWithType: location: modifierFlags: timestamp: windowNumber: context: eventNumber: clickCount: pressure: buttonNumber: deltaX: deltaY: deltaZ: 

+ (NSEvent*) mouseEventWithType: (NSEventType)type location: (NSPoint)location modifierFlags: (NSUInteger)flags timestamp: (NSTimeInterval)time windowNumber: (NSInteger)windowNum context: (NSGraphicsContext*)context eventNumber: (NSInteger)eventNum clickCount: (NSInteger)clickNum pressure: (float)pressureValue buttonNumber: (NSInteger)buttonNum deltaX: (CGFloat)deltaX deltaY: (CGFloat)deltaY deltaZ: (CGFloat)deltaZ;
Availability: Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X

Description forthcoming.

mouseLocation 

+ (NSPoint) mouseLocation;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the current mouse location.

otherEventWithType: location: modifierFlags: timestamp: windowNumber: context: subtype: data1: data2: 

+ (NSEvent*) otherEventWithType: (NSEventType)type location: (NSPoint)location modifierFlags: (NSUInteger)flags timestamp: (NSTimeInterval)time windowNumber: (NSInteger)windowNum context: (NSGraphicsContext*)context subtype: (short)subType data1: (NSInteger)data1 data2: (NSInteger)data2;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

startPeriodicEventsAfterDelay: withPeriod: 

+ (void) startPeriodicEventsAfterDelay: (NSTimeInterval)delaySeconds withPeriod: (NSTimeInterval)periodSeconds;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

stopPeriodicEvents 

+ (void) stopPeriodicEvents;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

absoluteX 

- (NSInteger) absoluteX;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

absoluteY 

- (NSInteger) absoluteY;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

absoluteZ 

- (NSInteger) absoluteZ;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

buttonMask 

- (NSUInteger) buttonMask;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

buttonNumber 

- (NSInteger) buttonNumber;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Returns the button number for the mouse button pressed in a mouse event. Intended primarily for the case where a mouse has three or more buttons, and you want to know which button an 'other' mouse event refers to.

capabilityMask 

- (NSUInteger) capabilityMask;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

characters 

- (NSString*) characters;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the string of characters for a keyboard event.
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event.

charactersIgnoringModifiers 

- (NSString*) charactersIgnoringModifiers;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the string of characters for a keyboard event, as if no modifier keys had been pressed when the keyboard event occirred.
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event.

clickCount 

- (NSInteger) clickCount;
Availability: OpenStep

Return the number of clicks associated with the mouse down or up event. This method is not applicable for any event type other than a mouse down or mouse up.
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event.

context 

- (NSGraphicsContext*) context;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the graphics context for which this event was generated.

data1 

- (NSInteger) data1;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the 'data1' item associated with the event.
Raises NSInternalInconsistencyException if the event is not of type NSAppKitDefined, NSSystemDefined, NSApplicationDefined, or NSPeriodic

data2 

- (NSInteger) data2;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the 'data2' item associated with the event.
Raises NSInternalInconsistencyException if the event is not of type NSAppKitDefined, NSSystemDefined, NSApplicationDefined, or NSPeriodic

deltaX 

- (CGFloat) deltaX;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Returns the movement of the mouse on the X axis.

This method is only valid for NSMouseMoved, NS*MouseDragged and NSScrollWheel events, otherwise it will return 0.

deltaY 

- (CGFloat) deltaY;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Returns the movement of the mouse on the Y axis.

This method is only valid for NSMouseMoved, NS*MouseDragged and NSScrollWheel events, otherwise it will return 0.

deltaZ 

- (CGFloat) deltaZ;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Returns the movement of the mouse on the Z axis.

This method is only valid for NSMouseMoved, NS*MouseDragged and NSScrollWheel events, otherwise it will return 0.

The value returned is 0.0 in most cases.

deviceID 

- (NSUInteger) deviceID;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

eventNumber 

- (NSInteger) eventNumber;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the event number associated with any mouse event or tracking event. Event numbers are allocated sequentially when the system creates these events.
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event.

isARepeat 

- (BOOL) isARepeat;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns a flag to say if this is a keyboard repeat event.
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event than an NSKeyUp or NSKeyDown.

isEnteringProximity 

- (BOOL) isEnteringProximity;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

keyCode 

- (unsigned short) keyCode;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the numeric key code of a keyboard event.
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event than an NSKeyUp or NSKeyDown.

locationInWindow 

- (NSPoint) locationInWindow;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the window location for which this event was generated (in the base coordinate system of the window).

modifierFlags 

- (NSUInteger) modifierFlags;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the modifier flag bits associated with the event.

pointingDeviceID 

- (NSUInteger) pointingDeviceID;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

pointingDeviceSerialNumber 

- (NSUInteger) pointingDeviceSerialNumber;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

pointingDeviceType 

- (NSPointingDeviceType) pointingDeviceType;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

pressure 

- (float) pressure;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the pressure associated with a mouse event. This is a value in the range 0.0 to 1.0 and for mormal mouse events should be set to one of those extremes. This is used by pressure sensitive input devices.
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event than a mouse event.

rotation 

- (float) rotation;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

subtype 

- (short) subtype;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the 'subtype' item associated with the event.
Raises NSInternalInconsistencyException if the event is not of type NSAppKitDefined, NSSystemDefined, NSApplicationDefined, NSPeriodic or a mouve event.

systemTabletID 

- (NSUInteger) systemTabletID;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

tabletID 

- (NSUInteger) tabletID;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

tangentialPressure 

- (float) tangentialPressure;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

tilt 

- (NSPoint) tilt;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

timestamp 

- (NSTimeInterval) timestamp;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the time interval since system startup at which this event was generated.

trackingNumber 

- (NSInteger) trackingNumber;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns a number identifying the tracking rectangle entered or exited.
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event than a mouse entered or exited event.

type 

- (NSEventType) type;
Availability: OpenStep

returns the type of this event.

uniqueID 

- (unsigned long long) uniqueID;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

userData 

- (void*) userData;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns usder data associated with a tracking event... the data assigned to the tracking rectangle concerned when it was created..
Raises an NSInternalInconsistencyException if applied to any other type of event than a mouse entered or exited event.

vendorDefined 

- (id) vendorDefined;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

vendorID 

- (NSUInteger) vendorID;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

vendorPointingDeviceType 

- (NSUInteger) vendorPointingDeviceType;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

window 

- (NSWindow*) window;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the window for which this event was generated.
Periodic events have no associated window, and you should not call this method for those events.

windowNumber 

- (NSInteger) windowNumber;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the window number of the window for which this event was generated.
Periodic events have no associated window, and you should not call this method for those events.

Instance Variables for NSEvent Class

event_context

@protected NSGraphicsContext* event_context;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

event_time

@protected NSTimeInterval event_time;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

event_type

@protected NSEventType event_type;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

location_point

@protected NSPoint location_point;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

modifier_flags

@protected NSUInteger modifier_flags;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

union _MB_event_data

@protected union _MB_event_data union _MB_event_data;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

window_num

@protected NSInteger window_num;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.



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