displayAddEventHandler

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Description

Description:

Add an event handler to the given display. Returns id of the handler or -1 when failed. The provided function should return true/false indicating that the event has handled this event fully or not and whether the engine should execute it's default code or not afterwards. See User Interface Event Handlers for the full list of handler names. If applicable, see DIK_KeyCodes for a list of key code constants, which are relevant to key related user interface events like: KeyDown & KeyUp.

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Syntax

Syntax:

display displayAddEventHandler [handlerName, function]

Parameters:

display: Display

[handlerName, function]: Array

handlerName: String

function: String

Return Value:

Number

Examples

Example 1:

moduleName_keyDownEHId = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", "hint str _this;"];

Additional Information

See also:

ListOfKeyCodesdisableSerializationdisplayRemoveAllEventHandlersdisplayRemoveEventHandlerdisplaySetEventHandlerctrlAddEventHandlerUI Event HandlersfindDisplayDIK KeyCodeskeyName

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