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<concept id="GUID-4D2AA522-82AB-4D1E-9F1E-5C6A35DEF195" xml:lang="en"><title>Pointer

events</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p><draft-comment time="2007-02-26T14:58">Add some additional contextual

information and examples in a future release of the library.</draft-comment></p>

<p>Pointer events are handled by the controls. A control should implement

the function <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aHandlePointerEventL%28const%20TPointerEvent%20%26amp%3b%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl:HandlePointerEventL()</parmname></xref>  to be

able to handle pointer events. The <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aHandlePointerEventL%28const%20TPointerEvent%20%26amp%3b%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl:HandlePointerEventL()</parmname></xref> function

is called by the framework whenever a pointer event occurs within the control. </p>

<codeblock id="GUID-F12E88CC-31FF-4C26-8FEC-0BC2C7717907" xml:space="preserve">virtual void HandlePointerEventL(const TPointerEvent&amp; aPointerEvent)

</codeblock>

<p>Before passing pointer events to controls, the framework does some processing

for the event. If a <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Window_Server/TPointerEventStruct.html#%3a%3aTPointerEvent%3a%3aEButton1Down" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>TPointerEvent::EButton1Down</parmname></xref> event occurred in the control and the control does not currently

have keyboard focus, it sends an event of type <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/MCoeControlObserverClass.html#%3a%3aMCoeControlObserver%3a%3aEEventRequestFocus" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>MCoeControlObserver::EEventRequestFocus</parmname></xref> to the control's

observer — normally the control's container. The container control should

then set focus onto the control in which the <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Window_Server/TPointerEventStruct.html#%3a%3aTPointerEvent%3a%3aEButton1Down" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>TPointerEvent::EButton1Down</parmname></xref> event occurred. </p>

<p>Note that, by default, pointer drag events and pointer move events are

not delivered to controls. For additional information, see functions <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Window_Server/RWindowBaseClass.html#%3a%3aRWindowBase%3a%3aPointerFilter%28TUint32%2cTUint32%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>RWindowBase::PointerFilter()</parmname></xref> and <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/reference/reference-cpp/Control_Environment/CCoeControlClass.html#%3a%3aCCoeControl%3a%3aClaimPointerGrab%28TBool%29" format="application/java-archive"><parmname>CCoeControl::ClaimPointerGrab()</parmname></xref>. The following

code example demonstrates usage of the <parmname>TPointerEvent </parmname>class:</p>

<codeblock id="GUID-E050A4D7-995E-4819-B172-DCA432E3191F" xml:space="preserve">void CEventsAppView::HandlePointerEventL( const TPointerEvent&amp; aPointerEvent )

    {

    switch( aPointerEvent.iType )

        {

        case TPointerEvent::EButton1Down:

            {

            // Button 1 down

            // Get pointer position

            TPoint positionX = aPointerEvent.iPosition.iX;

            TPoint positionY = aPointerEvent.iPosition.iY;

            break;

            }

        case TPointerEvent::EButton1Up:

            {

            // button 1 up

            break;

            }

        case TPointerEvent::EDrag:

            {

            // drag event

            break;

            }

        case TPointerEvent::EMove:

            {

            // move event

            break;

            }

        default:

            {

            // do something

            break;

            }

        }

    }   </codeblock>