SoInteractionInfo

InventorModule

genre	Interaction
author	MeVis Medical Solutions AG
package	MeVisLab/Standard
dll	SoInteractionControllers
definition	SoInteractionControllers.def
keywords	entries, event, managed, scheme

Purpose

This module list interactions provided through the new managed interaction scheme.

Usage

Connect the Open Inventor (sub-)scene containing interactions to the module input. Trigger Update to update the information. The information will be listed in different tabs.

Windows

Default Panel

Input Fields

child

name: child, type: SoNode

Connect your Open Inventor (sub-)scene containing interactions to this input.

Output Fields

self

name: self, type: SoNode

This module doesn’t need to be attached to other modules to work.

Parameter Fields

Field Index

Actions (availablePointingActions): String	Icon file: String
Actions (availableCommandActions): String	ID: String
Actions (availableOffsetActions): String	Is enabled: Bool
Description: String	Sub-type: String
Detailed (pointingActions): String	Triggers: String
Detailed (commandActions): String	Type: Enum
Detailed (offsetActions): String	Update: Trigger
Exists: Bool	User name: String

Visible Fields

Update

name: update, type: Trigger

Trigger this to update the information about the connect (sub-)scene.

Actions (availablePointingActions)

name: availablePointingActions, type: String, persistent: no

Shows the names of all available pointing (mouse pointer) actions in the (sub-)scene.

Actions (availableCommandActions)

name: availableCommandActions, type: String, persistent: no

Shows the names of all available command (keyboard) actions in the (sub-)scene.

Actions (availableOffsetActions)

name: availableOffsetActions, type: String, persistent: no

Shows the names of all available offset (e.g., mouse wheel) actions in the (sub-)scene.

Detailed (pointingActions)

name: pointingActions, type: String, persistent: no

This field lists the available pointing actions with more details.

Each action is listed in a separate line.

For each action, its full (internal) name, icon file, trigger, and user name is listed, separated by @.

The trigger is the mouse button and modifier combo that activates the action by default. The mouse buttons are indicated by the numbers 1-3 where 1 is the left, 2 the middle, and 3 the right mouse button. Modifiers are indicated by letters S (Shift), C (Control), and A (Alt). If modifiers or mouse buttons are followed by a “?”, they are completely ignored when checking if the action should be triggered.

Detailed (commandActions)

name: commandActions, type: String, persistent: no

This field lists the available command actions with more details.

Each action is listed in a separate line. For each action, its full (internal) name, icon file, trigger, and user name is listed, separated by @.

The trigger is the key combo that activates the action by default. This is some key name, prepended with “Shift-”, “Ctrl-” and “Alt-” for keyboard modifiers.

Detailed (offsetActions)

name: offsetActions, type: String, persistent: no

This field lists the available offset actions with more details. Each action is listed in a separate line. For each action, its full (internal) name, icon file, trigger, and user name are listed, separated by @.

The trigger can have different types, since offset actions may be mapped to different input devices.

If mapped to a mouse wheel, the trigger starts with “wheel:” and some key modifiers as specified for Detailed (pointingActions) or Detailed (commandActions).

If mapped to mouse movement, the trigger starts with “button:” and a trigger specifier as described for Detailed (pointingActions).

If mapped to key presses, the trigger starts with “key:” and one or two shortcut specifiers as described for Detailed (commandActions). If there are two shortcuts (for opposite directions), they are separated by a slash (“/”).

In each case, this may be followed by one or two numeric sensitivity values, and the keyword “swap” if horizontal and vertical offset values should be swapped. These are separated by a “;”.

ID

name: selectedActionID, type: String

Set this to an action name to get detailed, broken-down information about an action. This must be used together with Type.

Type

name: selectedActionType, type: Enum, default: POINTING_ACTION

Set this to an action type (POINTING_ACTION or COMMAND_ACTION or OFFSET_ACTION) to get detailed, broken-down information about an action. This must be used together with ID.

Values:

Title	Name
Pointing Action	POINTING_ACTION
Command Action	COMMAND_ACTION
Offset Action	OFFSET_ACTION

Exists

name: selectedActionExists, type: Bool, persistent: no

This field indicates if the action selected with ID and Type even exists (remember to update the information with Update).

User name

name: selectedActionName, type: String, persistent: no

This field shows the user name of the action selected with ID and Type (remember to update the information with Update).

Icon file

name: selectedActionIcon, type: String, persistent: no

This field shows the icon file name of the action selected with ID and Type (remember to update the information with Update).

An icon does not necessarily have to be set for an action.

Description

name: selectedActionDescription, type: String, persistent: no

This field shows the detailed description of the action selected with ID and Type (remember to update the information with Update).

A description does not necessarily have to be set for an action.

Triggers

name: selectedActionTriggers, type: String, persistent: no

This field shows the trigger for the action selected with ID and Type (remember to update the information with Update).

A trigger does not necessarily have to be set for an action. See documentation for Detailed (pointingActions), Detailed (commandActions), and Detailed (offsetActions) for a description of the format of this string.

Sub-type

name: selectedActionSubType, type: String, persistent: no

Is enabled

name: selectedActionEnabled, type: Bool, persistent: no

This field shows if the action selected with ID and Type is currently enabled (remember to update the information with Update).