Perspective - Drawing Scripting

This page details the various scripting, component, and extension functions available for Perspective's Drawing component.

Component Events

The Perspective Event Types Reference page describes all the possible component event types for Perspective components. Not all component events support each Perspective component. The Component Events and Actions page shows how to configure events and actions on a Perspective component. Component scripting is handled separately and can be accessed from the Component menubar or by right clicking on the component.

onElementClicked

New in 8.3.5

This event is fired when an element in the drawing has been clicked.

event.elementAddress

• Object Path

  • event.elementAddress

• Type

  • List

• Description

  • An array of numbers indicating where the clicked element is in the elements tree. For example, [0,2,1] would be the second child of the third child of the first element.

event.elementName

• Object Path

  • event.elementName

• Type

  • String

• Description

  • The name attribute of the element that was clicked.

event.event

• Object Path

  • event.event

• Type

  • Dictionary

• Description

  • The event object generated from the mouse click.