Event

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Description:

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Static methods:

• public static unowned Event @get ()
  Checks all open displays for a Event to process,to be processed on, fetching events from the windowing system if necessary.
• public static void handler_set (owned EventFunc func)
  Sets the function to call to handle all events from GDK.
• public static unowned Event peek ()
  If there is an event waiting in the event queue of some open display, returns a copy of it.
• public static void request_motions (EventMotion event)
  Request more motion notifies if event is a motion notify hint event.
• public static bool send_client_message_for_display (Display display, Event event, NativeWindow winid)

Creation methods:

• public Event (EventType type)
  Creates a new event of the given type.

Methods:

• public Event copy ()
  Copies a Event, copying or incrementing the reference count of the resources associated with it (e.
• public bool get_axis (AxisUse axis_use, out double value)
  Extract the axis value for a particular axis use from an event structure.
• public bool get_coords (out double x_win, out double y_win)
  Extract the event window relative x/y coordinates from an event.
• public bool get_root_coords (out double x_root, out double y_root)
  Extract the root window relative x/y coordinates from an event.
• public unowned Screen get_screen ()
  Returns the screen for the event.
• public bool get_state (out ModifierType state)
  If the event contains a “state” field, puts that field in state.
• public uint32 get_time ()
  Returns the timestamp of this.
• public void put ()
  Appends a copy of the given event onto the front of the event queue for event->any.
• public bool send_client_message (NativeWindow winid)
• public void send_clientmessage_toall ()
• public void set_screen (Screen screen)
  Sets the screen for this to screen.

Fields:

• public EventAny any
• public EventButton button
• public EventClient client
• public EventConfigure configure
• public EventCrossing crossing
• public EventDND dnd
• public EventExpose expose
• public EventFocus focus_change
• public EventGrabBroken grab_broken
• public EventKey key
• public EventMotion motion
• public EventNoExpose no_expose
• public EventOwnerChange owner_change
• public EventProperty property
• public EventProximity proximity
• public EventScroll scroll
• public EventSelection selection
• public EventSetting setting
• public EventType type
• public EventVisibility visibility
• public EventWindowState window_state