vtkRenderWindowInteractor

Section: Visualization Toolkit Rendering Classes

Usage

vtkRenderWindowInteractor provides a platform-independent interaction mechanism for mouse/key/time events. It serves as a base class for platform-dependent implementations that handle routing of mouse/key/timer messages to vtkInteractorObserver and its subclasses. vtkRenderWindowInteractor also provides controls for picking, rendering frame rate, and headlights.

vtkRenderWindowInteractor has changed from previous implementations and now serves only as a shell to hold user preferences and route messages to vtkInteractorStyle. Callbacks are available for many events. Platform specific subclasses should provide methods for manipulating timers, TerminateApp, and an event loop if required via Initialize/Start/Enable/Disable.

To create an instance of class vtkRenderWindowInteractor, simply invoke its constructor as follows

  obj = vtkRenderWindowInteractor

Methods

The class vtkRenderWindowInteractor has several methods that can be used. They are listed below. Note that the documentation is translated automatically from the VTK sources, and may not be completely intelligible. When in doubt, consult the VTK website. In the methods listed below, obj is an instance of the vtkRenderWindowInteractor class.