ExclusiveTouch

public class
feathers.events.ExclusiveTouch

Description

Allows a component to claim exclusive access to a touch to avoid dragging, scrolling, or other touch interaction conflicts. In particular, if objects are nested, and they can be scrolled or dragged, it's better for one to eventually gain exclusive control over the touch. Multiple objects being controlled by the same touch often results in unexpected behavior.

Due to the way that Starling's touch behavior is implemented, when objects are nested, the inner object will always have precedence. However, from a usability perspective, this is generally the expected behavior, so this restriction isn't expected to cause any issues.

API overview

Constructor

ExclusiveTouch ( stage: Stage )
Constructor

Functions

Public functions

claimTouch ( touchID: Number , target: DisplayObject ): Boolean

Allows a display object to claim a touch by its ID

disposeForStage ( stage: Stage ): Void static

Disposes the exclusive touch manager for the specified stage

forStage ( stage: Stage ): ExclusiveTouch static

Retrieves the exclusive touch manager for the specified stage

getClaim ( touchID: Number ): DisplayObject

Gets the display object that has claimed a touch with the specified ID

removeClaim ( touchID: Number ): Void

Removes a claim to the touch with the specified ID

Constructor

ExclusiveTouch ( stage: Stage )

Constructor. @param stage

Functions

addEventListener ( type: String , listener: Function ): Void
Inherited from EventDispatcher

Registers an event listener at a certain object.

Parameters

type: String
listener: Function


claimTouch ( touchID: Number , target: DisplayObject ): Boolean

Allows a display object to claim a touch by its ID. Returns true if the touch is claimed. Returns false if the touch was previously claimed by another display object.

Parameters

touchID: Number
target: DisplayObject


dispatchEvent ( event: Event ): Void
Inherited from EventDispatcher

Dispatches an event to all objects that have registered listeners for its type. If an event with enabled 'bubble' property is dispatched to a display object, it will travel up along the line of parents, until it either hits the root object or someone stops its propagation manually.

Parameters

event: Event


dispatchEventWith ( type: String , bubbles: Boolean = false , data: Object = null ): Void
Inherited from EventDispatcher

Dispatches an event with the given parameters to all objects that have registered listeners for the given type. The method uses an internal pool of event objects to avoid allocations.

Parameters

type: String
bubbles: Boolean = false
data: Object = null


disposeForStage ( stage: Stage ): Void

static

Disposes the exclusive touch manager for the specified stage.

Parameters

stage: Stage


forStage ( stage: Stage ): ExclusiveTouch

static

Retrieves the exclusive touch manager for the specified stage.

Parameters

stage: Stage


getClaim ( touchID: Number ): DisplayObject

Gets the display object that has claimed a touch with the specified ID. If no touch claims the touch with the specified ID, returns null.

Parameters

touchID: Number


getFullTypeName (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the fully qualified type name of the Object. The fully qualified type name includes the package of the type.


Returns

String fully qualified type name of the Object.

getType (): Type
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the Type that describes the Object.


Returns

Type The Type that describes the object.

getTypeName (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the type name of the Object.


Returns

String type name of the Object.

hasEventListener ( type: String ): Boolean
Inherited from EventDispatcher

Returns if there are listeners registered for a certain event type.

Parameters

type: String


removeClaim ( touchID: Number ): Void

Removes a claim to the touch with the specified ID.

Parameters

touchID: Number


removeEventListener ( type: String , listener: Function ): Void
Inherited from EventDispatcher

Removes an event listener from the object.

Parameters

type: String
listener: Function


removeEventListeners ( type: String = null ): Void
Inherited from EventDispatcher

Removes all event listeners with a certain type, or all of them if type is null. Be careful when removing all event listeners: you never know who else was listening.

Parameters

type: String = null


toString (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Returns a String that describes the Object. This can be overriden to provide extra details when printing objects using trace().


Returns

String String that described the Object.

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