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<h4 class="subsection">15.4.4 Callbacks</h4>
<a name="index-callbacks"></a>
<p>Callback functions can be associated with graphics objects and triggered
after certain events occur. The basic structure of all callback function
is
</p>
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<pre class="example">function mycallback (hsrc, evt)
…
endfunction
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<p>where <code>hsrc</code> is a handle to the source of the callback, and <code>evt</code>
gives some event specific data.
</p>
<p>The function can be provided as a function handle to a plain Octave function,
as an anonymous function or as a string representing an Octvae command. The
latter syntax is not recommended since syntax errors will only occur when the
string is evaluated.
See <a href="Function-Handles-Anonymous-Functions-Inline-Functions.html#Function-Handles-Anonymous-Functions-Inline-Functions">Function Handles section</a>.
</p>
<p>This can then be associated
with an object either at the objects creation or later with the
<code>set</code> function. For example,
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">plot (x, "DeleteFcn", @(h, e) disp ("Window Deleted"))
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<p>where at the moment that the plot is deleted, the message "Window
Deleted" will be displayed.
</p>
<p>Additional user arguments can be passed to callback functions, and will
be passed after the 2 default arguments. For example:
</p>
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<pre class="example">plot (x, "DeleteFcn", {@mycallback, "1"})
…
function mycallback (h, e, a1)
fprintf ("Closing plot %d\n", a1);
endfunction
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<p>The basic callback functions that are available for all graphics objects
are
</p>
<ul>
<li> CreateFcn:
called at the moment of the objects creation. It is not called if the object is altered in any way, and so it only makes sense to define this callback in the function call that defines the object. Callbacks that are added to <code>CreateFcn</code> later with the <code>set</code> function will never be executed.
</li><li> DeleteFcn:
called at the moment an object is deleted.
</li><li> ButtonDownFcn:
called if a mouse button is pressed while the pointer is over this object. Note, that the gnuplot interface does not respect this callback.
</li></ul>
<p><strong>Caution:</strong> the second <code>evt</code> argument in callback functions is only
loosely implemented in the Qt graphics toolkit:
</p>
<ul>
<li> Mouse click events:
<code>evt</code> is a class <code>double</code> value, 1 for left, 2 for middle and 3
for right click.
</li><li> Key press events:
<code>evt</code> is a structure with fields <code>Key</code> (string), <code>Character</code>
(string) and <code>Modifier</code> (cell array of strings).
</li><li> Other events:
<code>evt</code> is a class <code>double</code> empty matrix.
</li></ul>
<p>The object and figure that the event occurred in that resulted in the
callback being called can be found with the <code>gcbo</code> and <code>gcbf</code>
functions.
</p>
<a name="XREFgcbo"></a><dl>
<dt><a name="index-gcbo"></a>: <em><var>h</var> =</em> <strong>gcbo</strong> <em>()</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-gcbo-1"></a>: <em>[<var>h</var>, <var>fig</var>] =</em> <strong>gcbo</strong> <em>()</em></dt>
<dd><p>Return a handle to the object whose callback is currently executing.
</p>
<p>If no callback is executing, this function returns the empty matrix. This
handle is obtained from the root object property <code>"CallbackObject"</code>.
</p>
<p>When called with a second output argument, return the handle of the figure
containing the object whose callback is currently executing. If no callback
is executing the second output is also set to the empty matrix.
</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFgcbf">gcbf</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFgco">gco</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFgca">gca</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFgcf">gcf</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFget">get</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFset">set</a>.
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<a name="XREFgcbf"></a><dl>
<dt><a name="index-gcbf"></a>: <em><var>fig</var> =</em> <strong>gcbf</strong> <em>()</em></dt>
<dd><p>Return a handle to the figure containing the object whose callback is
currently executing.
</p>
<p>If no callback is executing, this function returns the empty matrix. The
handle returned by this function is the same as the second output argument
of <code>gcbo</code>.
</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFgcbo">gcbo</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFgcf">gcf</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFgco">gco</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFgca">gca</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFget">get</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFset">set</a>.
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<p>Callbacks can equally be added to properties with the <code>addlistener</code>
function described below.
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