Class GestureEvent

javafx.scene.input.GestureEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:: RotateEvent, ScrollEvent, SwipeEvent, ZoomEvent

public class GestureEvent extends InputEvent

An event indicating gesture input. Gestures are typically caused by direct (touch screen) or indirect (track pad) touch events.

Delivery of gestures is dependent on the capabilities of the underlying platform and connected input devices. For instance on a PC with mouse and keyboard there is no way of producing a rotating gesture.

Since:

JavaFX 2.2

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Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final EventType<GestureEvent>`	`ANY`	Common supertype for all gestures.

Fields declared in class javafx.event.Event

consumed, eventType, NULL_SOURCE_TARGET, target

Fields declared in class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

GestureEvent(Object source,
 EventTarget target,
 EventType<? extends GestureEvent> eventType)

GestureEvent(Object source,
 EventTarget target,
 EventType<? extends GestureEvent> eventType,
 double x,
 double y,
 double screenX,
 double screenY,
 boolean shiftDown,
 boolean controlDown,
 boolean altDown,
 boolean metaDown,
 boolean direct,
 boolean inertia,
 PickResult pickResult)

GestureEvent(EventType<? extends GestureEvent> eventType)

GestureEvent(EventType<? extends GestureEvent> eventType,
 double x,
 double y,
 double screenX,
 double screenY,
 boolean shiftDown,
 boolean controlDown,
 boolean altDown,
 boolean metaDown,
 boolean direct,
 boolean inertia,
 PickResult pickResult)

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Deprecated. Do not use this constructor.
`protected`	Constructs new GestureEvent event.
`protected`	Deprecated. Do not use this constructor.
`protected`	Constructs new GestureEvent event with empty source and target

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`GestureEvent`	`copyFor(Object newSource, EventTarget newTarget)`	Creates and returns a copy of this event with the specified event source and target.
`EventType<? extends GestureEvent>`	`getEventType()`	Gets the event type of this event.
`final PickResult`	`getPickResult()`	Returns information about the pick.
`final double`	`getSceneX()`	Gets the horizontal position of the event relative to the origin of the `Scene` that contains the event's source.
`final double`	`getSceneY()`	Gets the vertical position of the event relative to the origin of the `Scene` that contains the event's source.
`final double`	`getScreenX()`	Gets the absolute horizontal position of the event.
`final double`	`getScreenY()`	Gets the absolute vertical position of the event.
`final double`	`getX()`	Gets the horizontal position of the event relative to the origin of the event's source.
`final double`	`getY()`	Gets the vertical position of the event relative to the origin of the event's source.
`final double`	`getZ()`	Depth position of the event relative to the origin of the MouseEvent's source.
`final boolean`	`isAltDown()`	Indicates whether or not the Alt modifier is down on this event.
`final boolean`	`isControlDown()`	Indicates whether or not the Control modifier is down on this event.
`final boolean`	`isDirect()`	Indicates whether this gesture is caused by a direct or indirect input device.
`boolean`	`isInertia()`	Indicates if this event represents an inertia of an already finished gesture.
`final boolean`	`isMetaDown()`	Indicates whether or not the Meta modifier is down on this event.
`final boolean`	`isShiftDown()`	Indicates whether or not the Shift modifier is down on this event.
`final boolean`	`isShortcutDown()`	Indicates whether or not the host platform common shortcut modifier is down on this event.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of this `GestureEvent` object.

Methods declared in class javafx.event.Event

clone, consume, fireEvent, getTarget, isConsumed

Methods declared in class java.util.EventObject

getSource

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

ANY

public static final EventType<GestureEvent> ANY

Common supertype for all gestures.

Constructor Details

GestureEvent

@Deprecated(since="8") protected GestureEvent(EventType<? extends GestureEvent> eventType)

Deprecated.

Do not use this constructor. Constructs empty event.

Creates a new instance of GestureEvent.

Parameters:: eventType - Type of the event

GestureEvent

@Deprecated(since="8") protected GestureEvent(Object source, EventTarget target, EventType<? extends GestureEvent> eventType)

Deprecated.

Do not use this constructor. Constructs empty event.

Creates a new instance of GestureEvent.

Parameters:: source - Event source; target - Event target; eventType - Type of the event

GestureEvent

protected GestureEvent(Object source, EventTarget target, EventType<? extends GestureEvent> eventType, double x, double y, double screenX, double screenY, boolean shiftDown, boolean controlDown, boolean altDown, boolean metaDown, boolean direct, boolean inertia, PickResult pickResult)

Constructs new GestureEvent event.

Parameters:: source - the source of the event. Can be null.; target - the target of the event. Can be null.; eventType - The type of the event.; x - The x with respect to the scene.; y - The y with respect to the scene.; screenX - The x coordinate relative to screen.; screenY - The y coordinate relative to screen.; shiftDown - true if shift modifier was pressed.; controlDown - true if control modifier was pressed.; altDown - true if alt modifier was pressed.; metaDown - true if meta modifier was pressed.; direct - true if the event was caused by direct input device. See isDirect(); inertia - if represents inertia of an already finished gesture.; pickResult - pick result. Can be null, in this case a 2D pick result without any further values is constructed based on the scene coordinates and the target
Since:: JavaFX 8.0

GestureEvent

protected GestureEvent(EventType<? extends GestureEvent> eventType, double x, double y, double screenX, double screenY, boolean shiftDown, boolean controlDown, boolean altDown, boolean metaDown, boolean direct, boolean inertia, PickResult pickResult)

Constructs new GestureEvent event with empty source and target

Parameters:: eventType - The type of the event.; x - The x with respect to the scene.; y - The y with respect to the scene.; screenX - The x coordinate relative to screen.; screenY - The y coordinate relative to screen.; shiftDown - true if shift modifier was pressed.; controlDown - true if control modifier was pressed.; altDown - true if alt modifier was pressed.; metaDown - true if meta modifier was pressed.; direct - true if the event was caused by direct input device. See isDirect(); inertia - if represents inertia of an already finished gesture.; pickResult - pick result. Can be null, in this case a 2D pick result without any further values is constructed based on the scene coordinates
Since:: JavaFX 8.0

Method Details

copyFor

public GestureEvent copyFor(Object newSource, EventTarget newTarget)

Creates and returns a copy of this event with the specified event source and target. If the source or target is set to null, it is replaced by the NULL_SOURCE_TARGET value.

Overrides:: copyFor in class Event
Parameters:: newSource - the new source of the copied event; newTarget - the new target of the copied event
Returns:: the event copy with the new source and target

getX

public final double getX()

Gets the horizontal position of the event relative to the origin of the event's source.

Returns:

the horizontal position of the event relative to the origin of the event's source.

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getY

public final double getY()

Gets the vertical position of the event relative to the origin of the event's source.

Returns:

the vertical position of the event relative to the origin of the event's source.

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getZ

public final double getZ()

Depth position of the event relative to the origin of the MouseEvent's source.

Returns:: depth position of the event relative to the origin of the MouseEvent's source.
Since:: JavaFX 8.0

getScreenX

public final double getScreenX()

Gets the absolute horizontal position of the event.

Returns:

the absolute horizontal position of the event

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getScreenY

public final double getScreenY()

Gets the absolute vertical position of the event.

Returns:

the absolute vertical position of the event

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getSceneX

public final double getSceneX()

Gets the horizontal position of the event relative to the origin of the Scene that contains the event's source. If the node is not in a Scene, then the value is relative to the boundsInParent of the root-most parent of the event's node. Note that in 3D scene, this represents the flat coordinates after applying the projection transformations.

Returns:

the horizontal position of the event relative to the origin of the Scene that contains the event's source

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getSceneY

public final double getSceneY()

Gets the vertical position of the event relative to the origin of the Scene that contains the event's source. If the node is not in a Scene, then the value is relative to the boundsInParent of the root-most parent of the event's node. Note that in 3D scene, this represents the flat coordinates after applying the projection transformations.

Returns:

the vertical position of the event relative to the origin of the Scene that contains the event's source

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isShiftDown

public final boolean isShiftDown()

Indicates whether or not the Shift modifier is down on this event.

Returns:: true if the Shift modifier is down on this event

isControlDown

public final boolean isControlDown()

Indicates whether or not the Control modifier is down on this event.

Returns:: true if the Control modifier is down on this event

isAltDown

public final boolean isAltDown()

Indicates whether or not the Alt modifier is down on this event.

Returns:: true if the Alt modifier is down on this event

isMetaDown

public final boolean isMetaDown()

Indicates whether or not the Meta modifier is down on this event.

Returns:: true if the Meta modifier is down on this event

isDirect

public final boolean isDirect()

Indicates whether this gesture is caused by a direct or indirect input device. With direct input device the gestures are performed directly at the concrete coordinates, a typical example would be a touch screen. With indirect device the gestures are performed indirectly and usually mouse cursor position is used as the gesture coordinates, a typical example would be a track pad.

Returns:: true if this event is caused by a direct input device

isInertia

public boolean isInertia()

Indicates if this event represents an inertia of an already finished gesture.

Returns:: true if this is an inertia event

getPickResult

public final PickResult getPickResult()

Returns information about the pick.

Returns:: new PickResult object that contains information about the pick
Since:: JavaFX 8.0

isShortcutDown

public final boolean isShortcutDown()

Indicates whether or not the host platform common shortcut modifier is down on this event. This common shortcut modifier is a modifier key which is used commonly in shortcuts on the host platform. It is for example control on Windows and meta (command key) on Mac.

Returns:: true if the shortcut modifier is down, false otherwise

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this GestureEvent object.

Overrides:: toString in class EventObject
Returns:: a string representation of this GestureEvent object.

getEventType

public EventType<? extends GestureEvent> getEventType()

Description copied from class: Event

Gets the event type of this event. Objects of the same Event class can have different event types. These event types further specify what kind of event occurred.

Overrides:: getEventType in class Event
Returns:: the event type

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