Easy Gestures [example]

[Pkeod]

Have you ever wanted to add Mouse Gestures to your application?

In computing, a mouse gesture is a way of combining computer mouse movements and clicks which the software recognizes as a specific command. Mouse gestures can provide quick access to common functions of a program. They can also be useful for people who have difficulties typing on a keyboard. For example, in a web browser, the user could navigate to the previously viewed page by pressing the right mouse button, moving the mouse briefly to the left, then releasing the button.

Well, now you can, with my easy, simple example

This has support for up, down, left, and right, though with a little modification more directions are possible. Just record the changes as they happen and then check to see what gestures the user has made whenever you want. The provided example will end the application when it detects the UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT gesture.

Middle click will activate gesture recording.

If you use my example, please give me credit also, buy my games when I finally release something worth buying.

By the way, Sphax's VectorialShape object would work great for drawing the gesture lines

[Codemonkey]

Hey this is really cool!

[netninja]

Hey this is awesome man! It should be very useful.

[KuroiNeko]

Pretty neat, but one thing that gets me is that you can't have a gesture that starts with another gesture's sequence.

Such as:
UD = Action 1
UDU = Action 2

You'll never be able to do action 2 because as soon as you've done the first Up Down, it cancels your gesture and performs Action 1. Could be extremely problematic if you have an action set to a single direction. Quite silly for it to perform the action before the mouse button is released, actually.

Of course, all you need to do is add the condition "X Repeat while middle mouse-button is clicked" alongside your "String = UDLR" and move it to before the event which clears that string.

Still, I'm impressed. Good job implementing this, it could really be useful.

[Pkeod]

Actually, you can. Just make the events happen after the mouse is released I made the gestures activate instantly for demonstration purposes.

[Impresario]

Excellent!! /applaudes