Entry:onHover(x, y, buttons) event


This event is fired when the user moves the mouse pointer over the Entry.

Parameters

x

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

y

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

buttons

A table which fields indicates if mouse buttons or special keys have been pressed during the move :

  • "left": true if left mouse button is pressed, false otherwise
  • "right": true if right mouse button is pressed, false otherwise
  • "middle": true if middle mouse button is pressed, false otherwise
  • "control": true if the CONTROL key is pressed, false otherwise
  • "shift": true if the SHIFT mouse button is pressed, false otherwise

Return value

The event returns no value.

Example

local ui = require "ui" -- create a window local win = ui.Window("Window:onHover() sample", 320, 200) local label = ui.Label(win, "Name : ", 80, 75) local entry = ui.Entry(win, "", label.x + label.width + 8, label.y - 4, 100) function entry:onHover() win:status("Field name: Enter a valid name") end function entry:onLeave() win:status("") end win:status() ui.run(win):wait()