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<vizact>.onbuttondown

Registers a function to handle button down events

<vizact>.onbuttondown(  
button  
func  
*args  
)  
button
The GUI object to handle
func
The function to call when the GUI object is pressed
*args
The arguments to pass to the function

Remarks

When the specified GUI object is pressed the given function will be called.

Return Value

A vizact.EventFunction object with the following methods:

Method

Description

<event>.setEnabled(val)

Enable/Disable the event function. The associated function will not be called while the event function is disabled. viz.TOGGLE can be used to toggle the state. Event functions are initially enabled.

<event>.getEnabled()

Get the enabled state of the event function.

<event>.remove()

Permanently unregister the event function.

Example

check = viz.add(viz.CHECKBOX)

#The checkbox will control if collision is enabled
vizact.onbuttondown(check,viz.collision,viz.ON)
vizact.onbuttonup(check,viz.collision,viz.OFF)

See also

<vizact>.onbuttonup
<vizact>.onlist
<vizact>.onslider
<vizact>.ontextbox