Event

Supported platforms: File:Platform androidFile:Platform iosFile:Platform macFile:Platform pc
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Inherits from: Object

Description

The objects of `Event` class contains information about an event that has occurred. `Event` objects
are passed to event listeners when an event occurs.

Usually event objects contains specific additional information about the event that has occured. For example,
when an `Event.MOUSE_DOWN` event occurs, `x` and `y` fields contain the coordinates.
Users can create their own events and dispatch through the event mechanism.

Examples

Mouse down event example

function onMouseDown(event)
	print(event.x, event.y)
end
mysprite:addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_DOWN, onMouseDown)

User created event

local event = Event.new("myevent")
event.data1 = "12345"
event.data2 = "abcde"
mydispatcher:dispatchEvent(event)

Methods Event.new creates a new Event object Event:getTarget returns the element on which the event listener was registered Event:getType returns the type of Event Event:stopPropagation stops the propagation of the current event in the scene tree hierarchy

Events Constants