Module: Mouse

Defined in:
ext/mouse/mouse.c,
lib/mouse/version.rb,
ext/mouse/mouse.c

Overview

A module with methods that "tap" into the system input methods. This is done by wrapping wrapping around the CoreGraphics event taps API provided by OS X.

The module provides a simple Ruby interface to performing mouse interactions such as moving and clicking.

This module can be used in a stand alone fashion or you can mix it into another class.

Reference

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
'1.0.5'

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#arbitrary_click(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Generate a click using an arbitrary mouse button (down and up events)

Numbers are used to map the mouse buttons. At the time of writing, the documented values are:

  • kCGMouseButtonLeft = 0
  • kCGMouseButtonRight = 1
  • kCGMouseButtonCenter = 2

And the rest are not documented! Though they should be easy enough to figure out. See the CGMouseButton enum in the reference documentation for the most up to date list.

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 294

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_arbitrary_click(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  if (argc == 0) {
    rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "arbitrary_click requires at least one arg");
    return Qnil;
  }

  uint_t button = NUM2INT(rb_funcall(argv[0], sel_to_i, 0));

  switch (argc)
    {
    case 1:
      mouse_arbitrary_click(button);
      break;
    case 2:
    default:
      mouse_arbitrary_click2(button, rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[1]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#click(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Generate a regular click event (both up and down events)

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 228

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_click(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      mouse_click();
      break;
    case 1:
    default:
      mouse_click2(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#click_down(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Generate the down click part of a click event

This might be useful in concert with #click_up if you want to inject some behaviour between the down and up click events.

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 173

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_click_down(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      mouse_click_down();
      break;
    case 1:
    default:
      mouse_click_down2(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#click_up(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Generate the up click part of a click event

This might be useful in concert with #click_down if you want to inject some behaviour between the down and up click events.

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 202

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_click_up(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      mouse_click_up();
      break;
    case 1:
    default:
      mouse_click_up(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#current_position ⇒ CGPoint

Returns the current co-ordinates of the mouse cursor

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 51

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_current_position(VALUE self)
{
  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#double_click(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Perform a double click at the given mouse position

Implemented by first generating a single click, and then a double click., Apps seem to respond more consistently to this behaviour since that is how a human would have to generate a double click event.

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 398

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_double_click(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      mouse_double_click();
      break;
    case 1:
    default:
      mouse_double_click2(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#drag_to(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Drag the mouse cursor to the given co-ordinates

Parameters:

  • point (CGPoint, Array(Number,Number), #to_point)
  • duration (Number) —

    animation time, in seconds (optional)

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 91

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_drag_to(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "drag_to requires at least a one arg");
      break;
    case 1:
      mouse_drag_to(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
      break;
    case 2:
    default:
      mouse_drag_to2(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]), NUM2DBL(argv[1]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#middle_click(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Generate a click event for the middle mouse button (down and up events)

It doesn't matter if you don't have a middle mouse button.

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 329

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_middle_click(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      mouse_middle_click();
      break;
    case 1:
    default:
      mouse_middle_click(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#move_to(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Move the mouse cursor to the given co-ordinates

Parameters:

  • point (CGPoint, Array(Number,Number), #to_point)
  • duration (Number) —

    animation time, in seconds (optional)

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 65

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_move_to(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "move_to requires at least a one arg");
      break;
    case 1:
      mouse_move_to(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
      break;
    case 2:
    default:
      mouse_move_to2(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]), NUM2DBL(argv[1]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#multi_click(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Generate a multi-click event at the current mouse position

Unlike #double_click and #triple_click this will generate a single event with the given number of clicks.

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 359

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_multi_click(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{

  if (argc == 0) {
    rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "multi_click requires at least one arg");
    return Qnil;
  }

  // TODO: there has got to be a more idiomatic way to do this coercion
  size_t num_clicks = NUM2SIZET(rb_funcall(argv[0], sel_to_i, 0));

  switch (argc)
    {
    case 1:
      mouse_multi_click(num_clicks);
      break;
    case 2:
    default:
      mouse_multi_click2(num_clicks, rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[1]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#scroll(*args) ⇒ Number

Note:

Scrolling by :pixel may not actually be by real pixels, but instead correspond to Cocoa co-ords (I don't have a retina display, so I haven't checked it out yet).

Generate amount scroll events at the current cursor position

Returns number of lines scrolled. A positive amount will scroll up and a negative amount will scroll down.

An invalid type of units will default to :line.

Parameters:

  • amount (Number)
  • units (Symbol) —

    :pixel or :line (default: :line ) (optional)

Returns:

  • (Number) 


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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 127

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_scroll(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  if (argc == 0 || argc > 3)
    rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "scroll requires 1..3 arguments, you gave %d", argc);

  VALUE  amount = rb_funcall(argv[0], sel_to_i, 0);
  size_t amt    = NUM2SIZET(amount);

  if (argc == 1)
    mouse_scroll(NUM2SIZET(amt));

  ID units = rb_to_id(argv[1]);

  if (argc == 2) {
    if (units == unit_pixel)
      mouse_scroll2(amt, kCGScrollEventUnitPixel);
    else
      mouse_scroll2(amt, kCGScrollEventUnitLine);
  }

  if (argc == 3) {
    double duration = NUM2DBL(argv[2]);

    if (units == unit_pixel)
      mouse_scroll3(amt, kCGScrollEventUnitPixel, duration);
    else
      mouse_scroll3(amt, kCGScrollEventUnitLine, duration);
  }

  return amount;
}

#secondary_click(*args) ⇒ CGPoint Also known as: right_click

Generate a secondary click (both down and up events)

Secondary click is often referred to as "right click".

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 256

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_secondary_click(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      mouse_secondary_click();
      break;
    case 1:
    default:
      mouse_secondary_click2(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}

#triple_click(*args) ⇒ CGPoint

Perform a triple click at the given mouse position

Implemented by first generating a single click, then a double click, and finally a triple click. Apps seem to respond more consistently to this behaviour since that is how a human would have to generate a triple click event.

You can optionally specify a point to click; the mouse cursor will instantly jump to the given point.

Parameters:

Returns:



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# File 'ext/mouse/mouse.c', line 429

static
VALUE
rb_mouse_triple_click(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  switch (argc)
    {
    case 0:
      mouse_triple_click();
      break;
    case 1:
    default:
      mouse_triple_click2(rb_mouse_unwrap_point(argv[0]));
    }

  return CURRENT_POSITION;
}