Class: Tool

Tools. Tool

Represents the base class for DocumentViewer UI tools.


new Tool(docViewer)

Parameters:
Name Type Description
docViewer CoreControls.DocumentViewer

an instance of DocumentViewer.

Properties:
Name Type Description
docViewer CoreControls.DocumentViewer

the reference to the current DocumentViewer instance

pageCoordinates Array.<Tools.PageCoordinate>

an array of page coordinates this tool currently holds. The default is index 0 for the mouse left down and index 1 for mouse left up.

ENABLE_TEXT_SELECTION boolean

A boolean indicating whether text selection is enabled

ENABLE_AUTO_SWITCH boolean

A boolean indicating whether the text select tool should automatically switch if the cursor is hovering over text or not

Methods


contextMenu(e)

The function called when a context menu should be shown. Use e.preventDefault to disable the default browser context menu

Parameters:
Name Type Description
e

the event object


getDocumentViewer()

Returns the instance of DocumentViewer for this tool.

Returns:

the instance of DocumentViewer for this tool.

Type
CoreControls.DocumentViewer

keyDown(e)

The function called when a keyboard key is down.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
e

the event object containing keyboard key data.


mouseDoubleClick(e)

The function called when the mouse left button is double clicked.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
e

the event object containing mouse coordinates.


mouseLeftDown(e)

The function called when the left mouse button is down

Parameters:
Name Type Description
e

the event object containing mouse coordinates.


mouseLeftUp(e)

The function called when the left mouse button is up. Typically, annotations are created and added to the annotation manager at this point.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
e

the event object containing mouse coordinates.


mouseMove(e)

The function called when the mouse moves.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
e

the event object containing mouse coordinates.


switchIn(oldTool)

The function called when this tool is selected. Typically use for changing mouse cursors, and initializing states for the tool.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
oldTool Tools.Tool

the Tool class that was previously selected.


switchOut(newTool)

The function called when this tool is deselected. Typically use for changing mouse cursors, and cleaning up states for the tool.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
newTool Tools.Tool

the Tool class that was newly selected.