Window.onHover() | LuaRT free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua

Window:onHover(x, y, buttons) event

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

Parameters

The horizontal position of the mouse in the window's client area.

The vertical position of the mouse in the window's client area.

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 on this text!", 110, 75)

-- set a onHover() event : display a status bar with the mouse position when the user has clicked
function win:onHover(x,y buttons)
	win:status("Mouse position : "..x..", "..y)
end

win:show()

while win.visible do
	ui.update()
end