SoHandleEventAction Class Reference
Action Classes

The SoHandleEventAction class distributes user events to the scene. More...

`#include <Inventor/actions/SoHandleEventAction.h>`

Inheritance diagram for SoHandleEventAction:

## Public Member Functions

virtual SoType | getTypeId (void) const
| SoHandleEventAction (const SbViewportRegion &viewportregion)
virtual | ~SoHandleEventAction (void)
void | setViewportRegion (const SbViewportRegion &newregion)
const SbViewportRegion & | getViewportRegion (void) const
void | setEvent (const SoEvent *ev)
const SoEvent * | getEvent (void) const
void | setHandled (void)
SbBool | isHandled (void) const
void | setGrabber (SoNode *node)
void | releaseGrabber (void)
SoNode * | getGrabber (void) const
void | setPickRoot (SoNode *node)
SoNode * | getPickRoot (void) const
void | setPickRadius (const float radiusinpixels)
float | getPickRadius (void) const
const SoPickedPoint * | getPickedPoint (void)
const SoPickedPointList & | getPickedPointList (void)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoAction
virtual | ~SoAction (void)
virtual SbBool | isOfType (SoType type) const
virtual void | apply (SoNode *root)
virtual void | apply (SoPath *path)
virtual void | apply (const SoPathList &pathlist, SbBool obeysrules=FALSE)
void | apply (SoAction *beingApplied)
virtual void | invalidateState (void)
AppliedCode | getWhatAppliedTo (void) const
SoNode * | getNodeAppliedTo (void) const
SoPath * | getPathAppliedTo (void) const
const SoPathList * | getPathListAppliedTo (void) const
const SoPathList * | getOriginalPathListAppliedTo (void) const
SbBool | isLastPathListAppliedTo (void) const
PathCode | getPathCode (int &numindices, const int *&indices)
void | traverse (SoNode *const node)
SbBool | hasTerminated (void) const
const SoPath * | getCurPath (void)
SoState * | getState (void) const
PathCode | getCurPathCode (void) const
virtual SoNode * | getCurPathTail (void)
void | usePathCode (int &numindices, const int *&indices)
void | pushCurPath (const int childindex, SoNode *node=NULL)
void | popCurPath (const PathCode prevpathcode)
void | pushCurPath (void)
void | popPushCurPath (const int childindex, SoNode *node=NULL)
void | popCurPath (void)
void | switchToPathTraversal (SoPath *path)
void | switchToNodeTraversal (SoNode *node)

## Static Public Member Functions

static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
static void | addMethod (const SoType type, SoActionMethod method)
static void | enableElement (const SoType type, const int stackindex)
static void | initClass (void)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoAction
static void | initClass (void)
static void | initClasses (void)
static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
static void | nullAction (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)

## Protected Member Functions

virtual const SoEnabledElementsList & | getEnabledElements (void) const
virtual void | beginTraversal (SoNode *node)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoAction
| SoAction (void)
virtual void | endTraversal (SoNode *node)
void | setTerminated (const SbBool flag)
virtual SbBool | shouldCompactPathList (void) const

## Static Protected Member Functions

static SoEnabledElementsList * | getClassEnabledElements (void)
static SoActionMethodList * | getClassActionMethods (void)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoAction
static SoEnabledElementsList * | getClassEnabledElements (void)
static SoActionMethodList * | getClassActionMethods (void)

## Additional Inherited Members

Public Types inherited from SoAction
enum | AppliedCode { NODE = 0 , PATH = 1 , PATH_LIST = 2 }
enum | PathCode { NO_PATH = 0 , IN_PATH = 1 , BELOW_PATH = 2 , OFF_PATH = 3 }
Protected Attributes inherited from SoAction
SoState * | state
SoActionMethodList * | traversalMethods

## Detailed Description

The SoHandleEventAction class distributes user events to the scene.

This is the action used by the GUI viewer classes to pass interaction events from the window system to the nodes in the scene graph.

SoHandleEventAction also provides the functionality for tracking the object currently under the cursor, and functionality for "grabbing" the event focus.

See also
  SoEvent

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## SoHandleEventAction()

SoHandleEventAction::SoHandleEventAction | ( | const SbViewportRegion & | viewportregion | ) |

Constructor.

SoHandleEventAction needs a viewportregion to pass on to the ray pick action instance it uses for being able to track objects under the mouse cursor.

## ~SoHandleEventAction()

SoHandleEventAction::~SoHandleEventAction | ( | void |  | ) |

virtual

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

## getTypeId()

SoType SoHandleEventAction::getTypeId | ( | void |  | ) | const

virtual

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoAction. This is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting.

Implements SoAction.

## getClassTypeId()

SoType SoHandleEventAction::getClassTypeId | ( | void |  | ) |

static

This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.

## addMethod()

void SoHandleEventAction::addMethod | ( | const SoType | type,
|  | SoActionMethod | method )

static

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

## enableElement()

void SoHandleEventAction::enableElement | ( | const SoType | type,
|  | const int | stackindex )

static

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

## getEnabledElements()

const SoEnabledElementsList & SoHandleEventAction::getEnabledElements | ( | void |  | ) | const

protected virtual

Returns list of enabled elements.

Reimplemented from SoAction.

## getClassEnabledElements()

SoEnabledElementsList * SoHandleEventAction::getClassEnabledElements | ( | void |  | ) |

static protected

Returns list of enabled elements for this class. The enabledElements and methods variables are protected in the original OIV API. This is not such a good idea, since exposed static class member variables is a major grievance with regard to Win32 DLLs. This function is an extension for Coin, and it is not available in the original SGI Open Inventor v2.1 API.

## getClassActionMethods()

SoActionMethodList * SoHandleEventAction::getClassActionMethods | ( | void |  | ) |

static protected

Returns list of action methods for this class. The enabledElements and methods variables are protected in the original OIV API. This is not such a good idea, since exposed static class member variables is a major grievance with regard to Win32 DLLs. This function is an extension for Coin, and it is not available in the original SGI Open Inventor v2.1 API.

## initClass()

void SoHandleEventAction::initClass | ( | void |  | ) |

static

Initializes the runtime type system for this class, and sets up the enabled elements and action method list.

## setViewportRegion()

void SoHandleEventAction::setViewportRegion | ( | const SbViewportRegion & | newregion | ) |

Set a new viewport region, replacing the one passed in the constructor.

## getViewportRegion()

const SbViewportRegion & SoHandleEventAction::getViewportRegion | ( | void |  | ) | const

Returns the viewport region this action instance is using.

Advanced Usage:

You can also get the viewport region by accessing it through its element on the traversal state. You do that the following way:

#include <Inventor/elements/SoViewportRegionElement.h>
SoState * state = action->getState();
SbViewportRegion vp = SoViewportRegionElement::get(state);
SbViewportRegion
The SbViewportRegion class is a viewport within a full window.
Definition SbViewportRegion.h:40
SoAction::state
SoState * state
Definition SoAction.h:140
SoState
The SoState class manages the Coin scene graph traversal state data.
Definition SoState.h:44
SoViewportRegionElement::get
static const SbViewportRegion & get(SoState *const state)
FIXME: write doc.
Definition SoViewportRegionElement.cpp:121

The reason for explaining this is that you can use this generic technique when you need access to state information when you can't seem to find the accessor function you need in the action implementation. You can use it to for instance retrieve the view volume information, for which there are no accessor methods:

#include <Inventor/elements/SoViewVolumeElement.h>
SoState * state = action->getState();
SbViewVolume vv = SoViewVolumeElement::get(state);
SbViewVolume
The SbViewVolume class is a viewing volume in 3D space.
Definition SbViewVolume.h:50
SoViewVolumeElement::get
static const SbViewVolume & get(SoState *const state)
FIXME: write doc.
Definition SoViewVolumeElement.cpp:93

When you do this on arbitrary action instances, you need to make sure that the given element is enabled for the action before you try to use it. The relevant functions for this are SoState::isElementEnabled() and SoElement::getClassStackIndex().

## setEvent()

void SoHandleEventAction::setEvent | ( | const SoEvent * | ev | ) |

Set the event to distribute to the nodes of the scene.

## getEvent()

const SoEvent * SoHandleEventAction::getEvent | ( | void |  | ) | const

Returns the event this action is handling.

## setHandled()

void SoHandleEventAction::setHandled | ( | void |  | ) |

Marks the action instance as handled, hence terminates the action.

The action is only marked as handled when a node in the graph "grabs" the event this action is carrying, so the handled flag will be `FALSE` after traversal if no nodes wanted the event.

See also
  isHandled()

## isHandled()

SbBool SoHandleEventAction::isHandled | ( | void |  | ) | const

Returns whether or not the event has been handled by a node during scene graph traversal.

See also
  setHandled()

## setGrabber()

void SoHandleEventAction::setGrabber | ( | SoNode * | node | ) |

Set a node pointer which will get all future events handled by this action until releaseGrabber() is called.

Note that since later SoHandleEventAction invocations are just applied directly on the grabber node, using SoHandleEventAction methods like getCurPath() will return bogus data.

## releaseGrabber()

void SoHandleEventAction::releaseGrabber | ( | void |  | ) |

Don't send the events to a "grabber" node anymore, use the default behavior of the action and pass them along to the scene graph again.

See also
  setGrabber()

## getGrabber()

SoNode * SoHandleEventAction::getGrabber | ( | void |  | ) | const

Returns the grabber node, or `NULL` if no grabber is active.

## setPickRoot()

void SoHandleEventAction::setPickRoot | ( | SoNode * | node | ) |

Sets the root node that is used for the pick action tracking the cursor.

## getPickRoot()

SoNode * SoHandleEventAction::getPickRoot | ( | void |  | ) | const

Returns the root node that is used by nodes that is tracking the cursor.

## setPickRadius()

void SoHandleEventAction::setPickRadius | ( | const float | radiusinpixels | ) |

Sets the pick radius for cursor tracking.

## getPickRadius()

float SoHandleEventAction::getPickRadius | ( | void |  | ) | const

Gets the pick radius for cursor tracking.

## getPickedPoint()

const SoPickedPoint * SoHandleEventAction::getPickedPoint | ( | void |  | ) |

Returns the SoPickedPoint information for the intersection point below the cursor.

## getPickedPointList()

const SoPickedPointList & SoHandleEventAction::getPickedPointList | ( | void |  | ) |

Returns a list of all intersection points below the mouse cursor.

## beginTraversal()

void SoHandleEventAction::beginTraversal | ( | SoNode * | node | ) |

protected virtual

This virtual method is called from SoAction::apply(), and is the entry point for the actual scene graph traversal.

It can be overridden to initialize the action at traversal start, for specific initializations in the action subclasses inheriting SoAction.

Default method just calls traverse(), which any overridden implementation of the method must do too (or call SoAction::beginTraversal()) to trigger the scene graph traversal.

Reimplemented from SoAction.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

- SoHandleEventAction.h
- SoHandleEventAction.cpp