[wxruby-users] Mouse motion example - help

[Ajithkumar Warrier]

Thanks, your suggestion worked. I missed out on the fact that I had to
bind the mouse motion to the panel and not to MyFrame. So,
@my_panel.evt_motion worked exactly as needed.


On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Alex Fenton <alex at pressure.to> wrote:
> Ajithkumar Warrier wrote:
>  > I am trying out this example adapted from the wxpython book, but the
>  > mouse motion event does not seem to be captured right.
>  The mouse movement event is directed to the topmost window. So you
>  either need to specify that mouse events are captured by the Frame, or
>  call the event handler upon the panel which is topmost.
>
>  If you think this is different to wxPython, could you post/point to the
>  example you mention please?
>
> > # code below
>  > require 'wx'
>  >
>  > class MyFrame < Wx::Frame
>  >   def initialize
>  >     super(nil, -1, "My Frame", :size => [300,300])
>  >     @my_panel = Wx::Panel.new(self, -1)
>  >     evt_motion(){ |event| on_move(event)}
>  >
>  Either:
>
>   @my_panel.evt_motion { | e | on_move(e) }
>
>  or
>
>   capture_mouse
>   evt_motion :on_move
>
> >     Wx::StaticText.new(@my_panel, -1, :label => "Pos:", :pos => [10, 12])
>  >     @posCtrl = Wx::TextCtrl.new(@my_panel, -1, "",:pos => [40, 10])
>  >     show
>  >   end
>  >
>  >   def on_move(event)
>  >     @pos = event.get_position
>  >     @posCtrl.change_value("#{@pos}")
>  >   end
>  > end
>  > Wx::App.run{MyFrame.new}
>
>  cheeers
>  alex
>
>
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