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mx-event<%>
keypress?
keydown?
keyup?
mousedown?
mousemove?
mouseover?
mouseout?
mouseup?
click?
dblclick?
error?
alt-key
ctrl-key
from-tag
from-id
id
keycode
shift-key
tag
to-tag
to-id
x
y
Version: 4.0.2

 

3.3 HTML Events

MysterX HTML events are generated by mouse and keyboard interaction with HTML elements in a document.

mx-event<%> : interface?

(send a-mx-event keypress?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event keydown?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event keyup?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event mousedown?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event mousemove?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event mouseover?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event mouseout?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event mouseup?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event click?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event dblclick?)  boolean?

(send a-mx-event error?)  boolean?

Exactly one of these methods returns #t to indicate the type of a given event, and the others return #f for the event.

(send a-mx-event alt-key)  boolean?

Returns #t if the Alt key was pressed when the event was generated, #f otherwise.

(send a-mx-event ctrl-key)  boolean?

Returns #t if the Ctrl key was pressed when the event was generated, #f otherwise.

(send a-mx-event from-tag)  string?

Returns a string indicating the tag of the HTML element where the mouse is being moved from. The return value is valid only for events for which mouseover? or mouseout? produces #t.

(send a-mx-event from-id)  string?

Returns a string indicating the identifier of the HTML element where the mouse is being moved from. Return value is valid only for events for which mouseover? or mouseout? produces #t.

(send a-mx-event id)  string?

Returns a string indicating the identifier of the HTML element where the event occurred.

(send a-mx-event keycode)  exact-integer?

Returns a number indicating the keycode for the key that generated the event. Return value is valid only for events for which keypress?, keydown?, or keyup? produces #t.

(send a-mx-event shift-key)  boolean?

Returns #t if the Shift key was pressed when the event was generated, #f otherwise.

(send a-mx-event tag)  string?

Returns a string indicating the HTML tag of the element where the event occurred.

(send a-mx-event to-tag)  string?

Returns a string indicating the tag of the target HTML element where the mouse is being moved to. Return value is valid only for events for which mouseover? or mouseout? produces #t.

(send a-mx-event to-id)  boolean?

Returns a string indicating the identifier of the target HTML element where the mouse is being moved from. Return value is valid only for events for which mouseover? or mouseout? produces #t.

(send a-mx-event x)  exact-integer?

Returns an integer indicating the x-coordinate within the document where the event occurred.

(send a-mx-event y)  exact-integer?

Returns an integer indicating the y-coordinate within the document where the event occurred.