Label:onHover(x, y, buttons) event


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

Parameters

x

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

y

The vertical position of the mouse in the Label 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, "Move the mouse over this text!", 110, 75) -- set a onClick() event : display a status bar with the mouse position when the user hovers the label function label:onHover(x, y, buttons) win:status("Mouse is inside Label at "..x..", "..y, buttons.left and "LEFT button" or "", buttons.right and "RIGHT button" or "", buttons.middle and "MIDDLE button" or "") end ui.run(win):wait()