IDLitManipulator

The IDLitManipulator class provides the base functionality of the iTools manipulator system. Most automation and functional capabilities of the manipulator system are provided by this class. Tasks performed by this class include:

Selection operations and associated selection state management.

Automated mouse cursor management (changing the cursor as the mouse traverses different items in the current visualization).

System event settings management.

Coordination between the manipulator and manipulator visualization system.

This class is written in the IDL language. Its source code can be found in the file idlitmanipulator__define.pro in the lib/itools/framework subdirectory of the IDL distribution.

Note
See Creating a Manipulator (iTool Developer's Guide) for information on creating a custom manipulator.

Superclasses

IDLitComponent

IDLitIMessaging

Note
See the iTools Object Model Diagram (iTool Developer's Guide) for a visual representation of the iTools object model hierarchy.

Creation

See IDLitManipulator::Init.

Properties

Objects of this class have the following properties. See IDLitManipulator Properties for details on individual properties.

In addition, objects of this class inherit the properties of the superclass of this class.

Methods

This class has the following methods:

In addition, this class inherits the methods of its superclass.

Examples

See Creating a Manipulator (iTool Developer's Guide) for examples.

Version History


6.0	Introduced
6.4	Added OnWheel method