ClickPane

ClickPane[image,func]

represents a clickable pane that displays as image and applies func to the coordinates of each click within the pane.

ClickPane[image,{{xmin,ymin},{xmax,ymax}},func]

specifies the range of coordinates to use.

Details and Options

  • The image in a click pane can be a graphic or any other expression.
  • For a Graphics object g, ClickPane[g,func] by default takes the range of coordinates supplied to func to be the range of graphics coordinates corresponding to PlotRange in g.
  • For a general expression, ClickPane[expr,func] takes the range of coordinates to be 0 to 1 in each direction.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Move the point to where the "click" occurred:

Center the disk on mouse clicks:

Applications  (6)

Visualize solutions to a linear system of differential equations :

Keep track of all solutions as you go:

Create a circle from three points [more info]:

Detect whether you are inside or outside a disk:

Make a plot where the arrow "snaps" to the curve when you click inside the pane:

Make a plot where the arrow "snaps" to one of the extrema:

Properties & Relations  (1)

ClickPane is a special case of EventHandler:

Possible Issues  (1)

For a "click" to register, you must press and release the mouse at the same point:

Use EventHandler to get additional flexibility in registering actions with events:

Wolfram Research (2007), ClickPane, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClickPane.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), ClickPane, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClickPane.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "ClickPane." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClickPane.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). ClickPane. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClickPane.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_clickpane, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ClickPane}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClickPane.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_clickpane, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ClickPane}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClickPane.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-November-2024 ]}