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[Mathias 'cylab' Henze]

Is there some utility class available that can handle focus changes and redirecting of input events (mouse and keys) to the newly focussed object? Maybe some implementation in HUD?

[Marvin Fröhlich]

Is there some utility class available that can handle focus changes and redirecting of input events (mouse and keys) to the newly focussed object? Maybe some implementation in HUD?

I'm not sure, if I see, what you mean. The HUD has a focus management. But what do you mean about the "newly focussed object"? Are you talking about general 3D objects like shapes or just widgets on the HUD?

Marvin

[Mathias 'cylab' Henze]

I am speaking of general 3D objects.

An example, let's say:
- In my spline editor I move the scene around by pressing the cursor keys
- When I click on a spline, I want to move the spline with the cursur keys
- When I click on a control point, Ii want to move the control point
- etc.

For this to work I need to redirect the current input events to the component I use. Maybe "focus" is the wrong concept here, it's more like en exclusive mode inputlistener!?

[Marvin Fröhlich]

Hmm.. Wouldn't this be simply done by a class, that keeps mappings of InputListeners to Transformables and which is a PickListener. On a pick event it would active one of the mappings and deactivate to previously active one.

But to answer your initial question: No. This isn't available so far as a untility.

Marvin

[Mathias 'cylab' Henze]

OK. I'll try to come up with a solution in my game and will discuss the results and a possible generalization to the xith3d codebase, when I have something working. And you are right: shouldn't be to complicated to achieve this the way you describe it.

[Marvin Fröhlich]

If the objects are moved uniformly (by the same code), you might not even need those mappings, but you could simply activate an object to be handled by the InputListener.

Marvin

[Mathias 'cylab' Henze]

I thought about a FocusManager that has two ways of registering InputListenrs:

- Mapping of a 3D Object to an InputListener implementation
- Registration of a 3D Object that implements a Focusable interface that contains a getInputLister() method

[Marvin Fröhlich]

Sounds good. But how about calling it Activatalbe instead of Focussable and ActivationManager instead of FocusManager to avoid mix-up with GUI systems' focussing terms?

Marvin