\section{\class{wxMouseEvent}}\label{wxmouseevent}
-This event class contains information about mouse events.
-See \helpref{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}{wxwindowonmouseevent}.
+This event class contains information about the events generated by the mouse:
+they include mouse buttons press and release events and mouse move events.
-{\bf NB: } Note that under Windows mouse enter and leave events are not natively supported
+All mouse events involving the buttons use $1$ for the left mouse button, $2$
+for the middle one and $3$ for the right one. Note that not all mice have
+a middle button so a portable application should avoid relying on the events
+from it.
+
+{\bf NB:} Note that under Windows mouse enter and leave events are not natively supported
by the system but are generated by wxWindows itself. This has several
drawbacks: the LEAVE\_WINDOW event might be received some time after the mouse
left the window and the state variables for it may have changed during this
time.
-{\bf NB: } Note the difference between methods like
-\helpref{LeftDown}{wxmouseeventleftdown} and
-\helpref{LeftIsDown}{wxmouseeventleftisdown}: the formet returns {\tt TRUE}
+{\bf NB:} Note the difference between methods like
+\helpref{LeftDown}{wxmouseeventleftdown} and
+\helpref{LeftIsDown}{wxmouseeventleftisdown}: the former returns {\tt TRUE}
when the event corresponds to the left mouse button click while the latter
returns {\tt TRUE} if the left mouse button is currently being pressed. For
-example, when the user is dragging the mouse you can use
+example, when the user is dragging the mouse you can use
\helpref{LeftIsDown}{wxmouseeventleftisdown} to test
whether the left mouse button is (still) depressed. Also, by convention, if
-\helpref{LeftDown}{wxmouseeventleftdown} returns {\tt TRUE},
+\helpref{LeftDown}{wxmouseeventleftdown} returns {\tt TRUE},
\helpref{LeftIsDown}{wxmouseeventleftisdown} will also return {\tt TRUE} in
wxWindows whatever the underlying GUI behaviour is (which is
platform-dependent). The same applies, of course, to other mouse buttons as
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_MOTION(func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_MOTION event.}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_ENTER\_WINDOW(func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_ENTER\_WINDOW event.}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LEAVE\_WINDOW(func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_LEAVE\_WINDOW event.}
+\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_MOUSEWHEEL(func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_MOUSEWHEEL event.}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS(func)}}{Process all mouse events.}
\end{twocollist}%
TRUE if the right mouse button is currently pressed down.
-\membersection{wxMouseEvent::m\_leftDown}
-
-\member{bool}{m\_leftDown}
-
-TRUE if the left mouse button is currently pressed down.
-
\membersection{wxMouseEvent::m\_metaDown}
\member{bool}{m\_metaDown}
Y-coordinate of the event.
+\membersection{wxMouseEvent::m\_wheelRotation}
+
+\member{int}{m\_wheelRotation}
+
+The distance the mouse wheel is rotated.
+
+\membersection{wxMouseEvent::m\_wheelDelta}
+
+\member{int}{m\_wheelDelta}
+
+The wheel delta, normally 120.
+
+\membersection{wxMouseEvent::m\_linesPerAction}
+
+\member{int}{m\_linesPerAction}
+
+The configured number of lines (or whatever) to be scrolled per wheel
+action.
+
+
\membersection{wxMouseEvent::wxMouseEvent}
\func{}{wxMouseEvent}{\param{WXTYPE}{ mouseEventType = 0}, \param{int}{ id = 0}}
\item {\bf wxEVT\_RIGHT\_UP}
\item {\bf wxEVT\_RIGHT\_DCLICK}
\item {\bf wxEVT\_MOTION}
+\item {\bf wxEVT\_MOUSEWHEEL}
\end{itemize}
\membersection{wxMouseEvent::AltDown}
values of {\it button} are 1, 2 or 3 for left, middle and right
buttons respectively.
-Not all mice have middle buttons so a portable application should avoid
-this one.
-
\membersection{wxMouseEvent::ButtonDClick}\label{buttondclick}
\func{bool}{ButtonDClick}{\param{int}{ but = -1}}
See also \helpref{wxMouseEvent::Leaving}{wxmouseeventleaving}.
+\membersection{wxMouseEvent::GetButton}\label{wxmouseeventgetbutton}
+
+\constfunc{int}{GetButton}{\void}
+
+Returns the mouse button which generated this event or $-1$ if no button is
+involved (for mouse move, enter or leave event, for example). The value $1$ is
+returned for the left button down, up and double click events, $2$ and $3$ for
+the same events for the middle and the right buttons respectively.
+
\membersection{wxMouseEvent::GetPosition}\label{wxmouseeventgetposition}
\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
Returns the logical mouse position in pixels (i.e. translated according to the
translation set for the DC, which usually indicates that the window has been scrolled).
+
+\membersection{wxMouseEvent::GetLinesPerAction}\label{wxmouseeventgetlinesperaction}
+
+\constfunc{int}{GetLinesPerAction}{\void}
+
+Returns the configured number of lines (or whatever) to be scrolled per
+wheel action. Defaults to three.
+
+\membersection{wxMouseEvent::GetWheelRotation}\label{wxmouseeventgetwheelrotation}
+
+\constfunc{int}{GetWheelRotation}{\void}
+
+Get wheel rotation, positive or negative indicates direction of
+rotation. Current devices all send an event when rotation is equal to
++/-WheelDelta, but this allows for finer resolution devices to be
+created in the future. Because of this you shouldn't assume that one
+event is equal to 1 line or whatever, but you should be able to either
+do partial line scrolling or wait until +/-WheelDelta rotation values
+have been accumulated before scrolling.
+
+\membersection{wxMouseEvent::GetWheelDelta}\label{wxmouseeventgetwheeldelta}
+
+\constfunc{int}{GetWheelDelta}{\void}
+
+Get wheel delta, normally 120. This is the threshold for action to be
+taken, and one such action (for example, scrolling one increment)
+should occur for each delta.
+
\membersection{wxMouseEvent::GetX}\label{wxmouseeventgetx}
\constfunc{long}{GetX}{\void}
Returns TRUE if the event was a mouse button event (not necessarily a button down event -
that may be tested using {\it ButtonDown}).
+\membersection{wxMouseEvent::IsPageScroll}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsPageScroll}{\void}
+
+Returns TRUE if the system has been setup to do page scrolling with
+the mouse wheel instead of line scrolling.
+
\membersection{wxMouseEvent::Leaving}\label{wxmouseeventleaving}
\constfunc{bool}{Leaving}{\void}
Returns TRUE if the left mouse button is currently down, independent
of the current event type.
-Please notice that it is {\bf not} the same as
+Please notice that it is {\bf not} the same as
\helpref{LeftDown}{wxmouseeventleftdown} which returns TRUE if the left mouse
button was just pressed. Rather, it describes the state of the mouse button
before the event happened.