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    ToolData Detecting Right or Middle Mouse Clicks

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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).

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              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 Menu

                    Is 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 Menu

                      Is 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.

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                        On 14/07/2017 at 00:47, xxxxxxxx wrote:

                        Thank you Yannik. Looking forward to that release 🙂

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