9.3

Choosing a user event
A user event is something the user does with the mouse. You can think of a user event as
"the way the end user interacts with an object." The types of user events available for the
various object types are shown in the following table.
INITIATES ACTION WHENUSER EVENT
The end user clicks the object.Click down
The end user releases the mouse button after clicking the
object and the mouse cursor is still above the clicked object.
Click up
The end user double-clicks the object.Double-click
The mouse pointer moves over the object.Mouse enter
The mouse pointer moves off the object.Mouse exit
The end user clicks an On/Off button that is in the Off
state.
Click down off
The end user releases the mouse button after clicking an
On/Off button that was in the Off state.
Click up on
The end user clicks an On/Off button that is in the On
state.
Click down on
The end user releases the mouse button after clicking an
On/Off button that was in the On state.
Click up off
The window object opens.Window open
The window object closes.Window close
Different objects support different user events. Consequently, the User Event drop-down
menu changes depending on what type of object is selected.
Configuring user events
Once you have created a building block and decided which user events to use, you must
associate actions with those user events. An action is what happens when the end user
triggers an object's user events. You can think of an action as "what an object does when
an end user interacts with it."
To associate an action with an object's user event:
1
Select the object.
2
Click the Event tab in the Interactive palette.
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