Dave Mitchell's DigitalMicrograph™ Scripting Website

Function

An example script based on Gatan's demonstration code which shows how to capture the position of mouse clicks.

Version

20180825, v1.0

Author

D. R. G. Mitchell

Acknowledgements

Based on Gatan's demonstration code in the online help.

Comments

Being able to click on features to mark or identify them is mighty handy. In GMS 2 it was possible to find the position of the cursor, but not to respond to a mouse click (without a third party plugin). This functionality has now been built into GMS 3. The only problem is that scripts using the functionality will not be backwardly compatible with GMS 2 and earlier.

This script adds an event listener to the front-most image which listens for mouse clicks and marks their position. It also adds a key listener, which listens for any key being pressed - which terminates both the mouse and key listening.

System Requirements

Only compatible with GMS 3.

Known Issues

Supported

Yes

Included Files

Main script file.

Source Code