ToolData Detecting Right or Middle Mouse Clicks
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On 03/03/2015 at 19:01, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to detect Middle Mouse clicks or Right Mouse clicks w/ a ToolData plugin? I've overloaded MouseInput and it gets called w/ LMB clicks, but it doesn't get called when I use RMB or MMB clicks.
def MouseInput(self, doc, data, bd, win, msg) : print "MouseInput()"Thanks!
Donovan
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On 04/03/2015 at 06:24, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Donovan,
I'm afraid middle and right clicks are already bound to Cinema 4D functions and this cannot be changed.
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On 04/03/2015 at 15:42, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Gotcha, I was hoping to allow for MMB-Drag to adjust brush size - but it looks like I need to use a Sculpt Brush to get access to that. Oh well.
Thanks for the timely response!-Donovan
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On 03/07/2017 at 15:34, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Is there any way to do this with the C++ API? My initial tests tell me the answer is no unless I create a SculptBrush, but those must be initialized with polygon objects.
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On 04/07/2017 at 03:16, xxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm afraid there's no workaround with the C++ API for this limitation either. Both C++ and Python APIs have the same behavior.
Right mouse buttons events are sent to SculptBrushToolData::MouseInput() but sculpt brushes have other limitations (you've already noticed these). -
On 04/07/2017 at 13:37, xxxxxxxx wrote:
It can be done. Just check for MSG_TOOL_ASK in your tools Message(...) method, then fill in the ToolAskMsgData structure.
Set use_rightmouse and use_middlemouse to true and you will then get the calls in your MouseInput method.
https://developers.maxon.net/docs/cpp/2023_2/struct_tool_ask_msg_data.html
And for middle mouse button dragging to change a brush size you can look at ToolResizeData. There is even a nice example in the docs.
https://developers.maxon.net/docs/cpp/2023_2/struct_tool_resize_data.html
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On 04/07/2017 at 17:25, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Yannick - Thank you for the reply! Kent, I was going to email you about this as you were the person whose brushes inspired me to want to make use of MMB & RMB. Thank you so much for the input, I really appreciate it.
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On 05/07/2017 at 17:38, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Oh man, ToolResizeData is a treasure trove! It even allows you to automatically process single clicks for selecting using "a->use_singleclick". I've coded my own click detection more than a few times now, glad to avoid doing that in the future.
@Kent - the code example you linked to is incredibly useful.
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On 10/07/2017 at 08:23, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Is this possible in python as well?
To be precise I would like to code a Right-Drag or Middle-Drag but all I get is the Popup MenuIs there a way to 'read' or 'set' the popup_allowed and resize_allowed C++ Data with python?
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On 11/07/2017 at 02:16, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Originally posted by xxxxxxxx
Is this possible in python as well?
To be precise I would like to code a Right-Drag or Middle-Drag but all I get is the Popup MenuIs there a way to 'read' or 'set' the popup_allowed and resize_allowed C++ Data with python?
I'm afraid this is not possible currently with the Python API.
MSG_TOOL_ASK support will be added in a future release. -
On 14/07/2017 at 00:47, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Thank you Yannik. Looking forward to that release
