ShiftAndControl

Description¶

This example demonstrates how to "alt+click", "control+click" and "shift+click" an actor.

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Code¶

ShiftAndControl.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkInteractorStyleTrackballActor.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

namespace {

class MouseInteractorStyleShiftAndControl
  : public vtkInteractorStyleTrackballActor
{
public:
  static MouseInteractorStyleShiftAndControl* New();

  virtual void OnLeftButtonDown()
  {
    if (this->Interactor->GetShiftKey())
    {
      std::cout << "Shift held. ";
    }

    if (this->Interactor->GetControlKey())
    {
      std::cout << "Control held. ";
    }

    if (this->Interactor->GetAltKey())
    {
      std::cout << "Alt held. ";
    }

    std::cout << "Pressed left mouse button." << std::endl;

    // Forward events.
    vtkInteractorStyleTrackballActor::OnLeftButtonDown();
  }
};

vtkStandardNewMacro(MouseInteractorStyleShiftAndControl);

} // namespace

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource;

  // Create a mapper and actor.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("MistyRose").GetData());

  // A renderer and render window.
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("ShiftAndControl");

  // An interactor.
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // Add the actors to the scene.
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());

  // Render
  renderWindow->Render();

  vtkNew<MouseInteractorStyleShiftAndControl> style;

  renderWindowInteractor->SetInteractorStyle(style);

  // Begin mouse interaction.
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt¶

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ShiftAndControl)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  FiltersSources
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "ShiftAndControl: Unable to find the VTK build folder.")
endif()

# Prevent a "command line is too long" failure in Windows.
set(CMAKE_NINJA_FORCE_RESPONSE_FILE "ON" CACHE BOOL "Force Ninja to use response files.")
add_executable(ShiftAndControl MACOSX_BUNDLE ShiftAndControl.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(ShiftAndControl PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS ShiftAndControl
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build ShiftAndControl¶

Click here to download ShiftAndControl and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball ShiftAndControl.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd ShiftAndControl/build

If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./ShiftAndControl

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.