Class PadController
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Proxy
GtkPadController
is an event controller for the pads found in drawing
tablets.
Pads are the collection of buttons and tactile sensors often found around the stylus-sensitive area.
These buttons and sensors have no implicit meaning, and by default they
perform no action. GtkPadController
is provided to map those to
Action
objects, thus letting the application give them a more
semantic meaning.
Buttons and sensors are not constrained to triggering a single action,
some InputSource.TABLET_PAD
devices feature multiple "modes". All these
input elements have one current mode, which may determine the final action
being triggered.
Pad devices often divide buttons and sensors into groups. All elements
in a group share the same current mode, but different groups may have
different modes. See DevicePad.getNGroups()
and
DevicePad.getGroupNModes(int)
.
Each of the actions that a given button/strip/ring performs for a given mode
is defined by a Gtk.PadActionEntry
. It contains an action name that
will be looked up in the given ActionGroup
and activated whenever
the specified input element and mode are triggered.
A simple example of GtkPadController
usage: Assigning button 1 in all
modes and pad devices to an "invert-selection" action:
GtkPadActionEntry *pad_actions[] = {
{ GTK_PAD_ACTION_BUTTON, 1, -1, "Invert selection", "pad-actions.invert-selection" },
…
};
…
action_group = g_simple_action_group_new ();
action = g_simple_action_new ("pad-actions.invert-selection", NULL);
g_signal_connect (action, "activate", on_invert_selection_activated, NULL);
g_action_map_add_action (G_ACTION_MAP (action_group), action);
…
pad_controller = gtk_pad_controller_new (action_group, NULL);
The actions belonging to rings/strips will be activated with a parameter
of type G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE
bearing the value of the given axis, it
is required that those are made stateful and accepting this GVariantType
.
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Nested Class Summary
Modifier and TypeClassDescriptionstatic class
PadController.Builder<B extends PadController.Builder<B>>
Inner class implementing a builder pattern to construct a GObject with properties.static class
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.gnome.gtk.EventController
EventController.EventControllerClass, EventController.EventControllerImpl
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.gnome.gobject.GObject
GObject.NotifyCallback, GObject.ObjectClass
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorDescriptionPadController
(MemorySegment address) Create a PadController proxy instance for the provided memory address.PadController
(ActionGroup group, @Nullable Device pad) Creates a newGtkPadController
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionprotected PadController
asParent()
Returns this instance as if it were its parent type.static PadController.Builder
<? extends PadController.Builder> builder()
APadController.Builder
object constructs aPadController
with the specified properties.static Type
getType()
Get the GType of the PadController classvoid
setAction
(PadActionType type, int index, int mode, String label, String actionName) Adds an individual action to this PadController.void
setActionEntries
(PadActionEntry[] entries) A convenience function to add a group of action entries on this PadController.Methods inherited from class org.gnome.gtk.EventController
getCurrentEvent, getCurrentEventDevice, getCurrentEventState, getCurrentEventTime, getName, getPropagationLimit, getPropagationPhase, getWidget, reset, setName, setPropagationLimit, setPropagationPhase, setStaticName
Methods inherited from class org.gnome.gobject.GObject
addToggleRef, addWeakPointer, bindProperty, bindProperty, bindProperty, bindPropertyFull, bindPropertyFull, bindPropertyWithClosures, bindPropertyWithClosures, compatControl, connect, connect, connect, constructed, disconnect, dispatchPropertiesChanged, dispose, dupData, dupQdata, emit, emitNotify, finalize_, forceFloating, freezeNotify, get, getData, getMemoryLayout, getProperty, getProperty, getProperty, getQdata, getv, interfaceFindProperty, interfaceInstallProperty, interfaceListProperties, isFloating, newInstance, newInstance, newInstance, newInstance, newv, notify_, notify_, notifyByPspec, onNotify, ref, refSink, removeToggleRef, removeWeakPointer, replaceData, replaceQdata, runDispose, set, setData, setDataFull, setProperty, setProperty, setProperty, setQdata, setQdataFull, setv, stealData, stealQdata, takeRef, thawNotify, unref, watchClosure, weakRef, weakUnref, withProperties
Methods inherited from class org.gnome.gobject.TypeInstance
callParent, callParent, getPrivate, readGClass, writeGClass
Methods inherited from class io.github.jwharm.javagi.base.ProxyInstance
equals, handle, hashCode
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Constructor Details
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PadController
Create a PadController proxy instance for the provided memory address.- Parameters:
address
- the memory address of the native object
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PadController
Creates a newGtkPadController
that will associate events frompad
to actions.A
null
pad may be provided so the controller manages all pad devices generically, it is discouraged to mixGtkPadController
objects withnull
and non-null
pad
argument on the same toplevel window, as execution order is not guaranteed.The
GtkPadController
is created with no mapped actions. In order to map pad events to actions, usesetActionEntries(org.gnome.gtk.PadActionEntry[])
orsetAction(org.gnome.gtk.PadActionType, int, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
.Be aware that pad events will only be delivered to
GtkWindow
s, so adding a pad controller to any other type of widget will not have an effect.- Parameters:
group
-GActionGroup
to trigger actions frompad
- AInputSource.TABLET_PAD
device, ornull
to handle all pads
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Method Details
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getType
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asParent
Returns this instance as if it were its parent type. This is mostly synonymous to the Javasuper
keyword, but will set the native typeclass function pointers to the parent type. When overriding a native virtual method in Java, "chaining up" withsuper.methodName()
doesn't work, because it invokes the overridden function pointer again. To chain up, callasParent().methodName()
. This will call the native function pointer of this virtual method in the typeclass of the parent type.- Overrides:
asParent
in classEventController
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setAction
Adds an individual action to this PadController.This action will only be activated if the given button/ring/strip number in
index
is interacted while the current mode ismode
. -1 may be used for simple cases, so the action is triggered on all modes.The given
label
should be considered user-visible, so internationalization rules apply. Some windowing systems may be able to use those for user feedback.- Parameters:
type
- the type of pad feature that will trigger this actionindex
- the 0-indexed button/ring/strip number that will trigger this actionmode
- the mode that will trigger this action, or -1 for all modes.label
- Human readable description of this action, this string should be deemed user-visible.actionName
- action name that will be activated in theGActionGroup
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setActionEntries
A convenience function to add a group of action entries on this PadController.See
Gtk.PadActionEntry
andsetAction(org.gnome.gtk.PadActionType, int, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
.- Parameters:
entries
- the action entries to set on this PadController
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builder
APadController.Builder
object constructs aPadController
with the specified properties. Use the variousset...()
methods to set properties, and finish construction withPadController.Builder.build()
.
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