Home | All Classes | Grouped Classes | Index | Search

Class CL_InputDevice

General input device. More...

Derived from: none
Derived by: none
Group: Display (Input)

#include <ClanLib/display.h>

Construction:

Constructs an input device.

Attributes:

get_name	Returns the human readable name of the device (i.e. 'Microsoft Sidewinder 3D').
get_device_name	Return the hardware id/device for this device (i.e. /dev/input/js0)
get_id	Returns the input device id.
get_type	Returns the input device type.
get_key_name	Friendly key name for specified identifier (A, B, Leertaste, Backspace, Mouse Left, ...).
keyid_to_string	Returns a generic string name for the specified key code.
string_to_keyid	Returns the key code for the specified generic string key name.
get_keycode	Returns true if the passed key code is down for this device.
get_x	Returns the x position of the device.
get_y	Returns the y position of the device.
get_axis	Returns the the current position of a joystick axis.
get_axis_count	Returns the number of axes available on this device.
get_button_count	Returns the number of buttons available on this device.

Operations:

operator =
set_position	Sets the position of the device.

Signals:

sig_key_down	Signal emitted when key is pressed.
sig_key_up	Signal emitted when key is released.
sig_key_dblclk	Signal emitted when the mouse is double-clicked.
sig_pointer_move	Signal emitted when pointer is moved (absolute movement).
sig_ball_move	Signal emitted when pointer's ball is moved (relative movement).
sig_axis_move	Signal emitted when axis is moved.
sig_move	Deprecated. Use sig_pointer_move() instead.

Implementation:

Detailed description:

!group=Display/Input! !header=display.h!

Questions or comments, write to the ClanLib mailing list.