Hello,
I'm trying to use wxWidgets to get mouse, keyboard and joystick events without creating a window context as I'm using GLUT for that.
Can it be done and if so how? All the examples I see have the events tied to some sort of visual context.
Mr.UNOwen 0 Junior Poster
mike_2000_17 2,669 21st Century Viking Team Colleague Featured Poster
If you are using GLUT for making the window, why not use it for the mouse and keyboard events too. It has all these things built into it. Look here.
Generally, the mouse events and keyboard events are intimately linked to the window context. So, that is why any library that creates a window (like GLUT, SDL, Qt, VCL, wxWidget, etc.) also has all the mouse and keyboard event facilities as well. They aren't really separable or standalone (for instance, you can't create a window that doesn't have any handling of mouse or key events.. because how else would you close the window!).
Mr.UNOwen 0 Junior Poster
The problem is they're limited. For example the mouse call back doesn't support a mouse wheel?
mike_2000_17 2,669 21st Century Viking Team Colleague Featured Poster
Well, GLUT is a limited library. It is not really meant for complex applications. Why don't you use wxWidget or Qt to create the window then and render your openGL scene inside the wxWidget window, as in this tutorial. And even better for Qt.
Nick Evan commented: Excellent advice as (almost) always ;) +16
Stefano Mtangoo 455 Senior Poster
I agree with Mike,
use wxWidgets and paint your OGL stuffs in wxGLCanvas
Mr.UNOwen 0 Junior Poster
Well... it's a matter of time. The project was already written in glut and I'm not in the mood to hunt through for all the glut related calls.
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