Edit:onMouseDown(button, x, y) event


This event is fired when the user presses a mouse button while beeing over the Edit.

Parameters

button

A string indicating the button that has been pressed : "right", "middle" or "left".

x

The horizontal position of the mouse in the Edit area (zero means the left border of the widget).

y

The vertical position of the mouse in the Edit area (zero means the top border of the widget).

Return value

The event returns no value.

Example

local ui = require "ui" -- create a window local win = ui.Window("Edit:onMouseDown() sample", 320, 260) local edit = ui.Edit(win, "Move the mouse over this text and pressa mouse button!") edit:center() -- set a onMouseDown() event : display a status bar with the pressed mouse button and its position function edit:onMouseDown(b, x, y) win:status("Mouse button : "..b, "Mouse position : "..x..", "..y) end ui.run(win):wait()