You do not normally need to create an instance of this tool because one already exists as the ToolManager.dragSelectingTool, which you can modify.
The Tool.name of this tool is "DragSelecting".
Optionalinit: Partial<DragSelectingTool>Gets or sets the Part used as the "rubber-band selection box" that is stretched to follow the mouse, as feedback for what area will be passed to selectInRect upon a mouse-up.
Initially this is a Part containing only a simple magenta rectangular Shape. The object to be resized during dragging should be named "SHAPE". Setting this property does not raise any events.
Here is an example of changing the selection box to be a thicker bright green rectangle:
myDiagram.toolManager.dragSelectingTool.box =
new go.Part({ layerName: "Tool", selectable: false })
.add(
new go.Shape({
name: "SHAPE",
fill: null,
stroke: "chartreuse",
strokeWidth: 3
})
);
Note that the Part should be put into a Layer that Layer.isTemporary.
Modifying this property while this tool Tool.isActive might have no effect.
Gets or sets the time in milliseconds for which the mouse must be stationary before this tool can be started. The default value is 175 milliseconds. Setting this property does not raise any events.
Gets or sets whether this tool is started and is actively doing something.
You can set this to true after your tool is started (i.e. when it is the Diagram.currentTool and doStart had been called), but when it is not yet in a state that it is actually "doing" something, because it is waiting for the right circumstances. This is typically only important when the tool is used in a modal fashion.
The default value is false. This is normally set by doActivate and doDeactivate.
Gets or sets whether this tool can be started by a mouse event.
Set this to false to prevent canStart from returning true. Setting this property to false should prevent this tool from being used in a mode-less fashion by the ToolManager with a mouse down/move/up event. However, even when this property is false, this tool can still be used in a modal fashion: it can still be started by explicitly setting the Diagram.currentTool property to this tool.
The default value is true.
Gets or sets whether a selectable Part may be only partly or must be completely enclosed by the rectangle given to selectInRect. The default value is false: parts must be completely inside the rectangle. Setting this property does not raise any events.
Gets or sets the name of this tool. The default name is an empty string, but the constructor for each instance of a subclass of Tool will initialize it appropriately. For example, the name of the DragSelectingTool is "DragSelecting".
This name is sometimes used by tools that use Adornments as the Part.category for their Adornments. It is also sometimes used by tools that conduct transactions as the transaction name.
Gets or sets the name of the transaction to be committed by stopTransaction
If null, the transaction will be rolled back.
If this is non-null at the time of a call to stopTransaction, it calls Diagram.commitTransaction with this transaction name; if this is null at that time, it calls Diagram.rollbackTransaction.
The default value is null; startTransaction will also set this to null. Because a value of null when stopTransaction is called will rollback the transaction, it is important that your code sets this property to a non-null value when it thinks it has succeeded.
This property exists so that no matter what execution path occurs to end the usage of a tool, any ongoing transaction can be properly committed or rolled-back. Many tools call startTransaction and stopTransaction; thus they set this property for their transaction to be committed. doCancel also sets this property to null.
VirtualcancelThis is called to cancel any running "WaitAfter" timer.
This is called when a tool is stopped.
This method is rarely overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
Virtual OverridecanThis tool can run when the diagram allows selection, there has been delay of at least delay milliseconds after the mouse-down before a mouse-move, there has been a mouse-drag far enough away not to be a click, and there is no selectable part at the mouse-down point.
The delay required to start this tool enables both this tool and the ToolManager.panningTool to co-exist as mode-less mouse-move tools.
This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
VirtualcanThis method controls for some Tools whether canStart may return true depending on the button being used. Normally this returns true if InputEvent.left is true. This method may be overridden to consider other buttons, or to ignore which button by just returning true.
true, if the left mouse button is being held down
since4.0
VirtualcanAs of version 4, this predicate method is no longer called by the ToolManager. Most of the responsibility for pinch zooming has been moved to the PanningTool.
deprecatedVirtualcomputeThis just returns a Rect stretching from the mouse-down point to the current mouse point.
This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
a Rect in document coordinates.
OverridedoCapture the mouse and show the box.
VirtualdoThe diagram will call this method when the user wishes to cancel the current tool's operation. Typically this is called when the user hits the ESCAPE key. This should restore the original state of what was modified by this tool, and then it should call stopTool. This method is not responsible for cleaning up any side-effects that should be performed by doDeactivate and/or doStop, which will always be called whether the tool stops normally or abnormally.
By default this method just sets transactionResult to null and calls stopTool. You will want to override this method even in tools that call startTransaction and stopTransaction, because the UndoManager might not be enabled. This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
OverridedoRelease the mouse and remove any box.
VirtualdoThe diagram will call this method upon a key down event. By default this just calls doCancel if the key is the ESCAPE key. Implementations of this method can look at Diagram.lastInput to get the key.
This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
VirtualdoThe diagram will call this method upon a key up event. Implementations of this method can look at Diagram.lastInput to get the key.
By default this method does nothing. This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
VirtualdoThe diagram will call this method upon a mouse down event. This is normally overridden for mouse-down tools; it is not called for mouse-move or mouse-up tools. However it may also be called when the tool is run in a modal fashion, when code explicitly sets the diagram's Diagram.currentTool. Implementations of this method can look at Diagram.lastInput to get the mouse event and input state.
By default this method checks isActive; if that is false it calls canStart. If that in turn is true, this calls doActivate. This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
OverridedoUpdate the box's position and size according to the value of computeBoxBounds.
OverridedoCall selectInRect with the value of a call to computeBoxBounds.
This method changes the cursor to "wait" and raises the "ChangingSelection" DiagramEvent before calling selectInRect, and raises the "ChangedSelection" DiagramEvent afterward.
VirtualdoThe diagram will call this method as the mouse wheel is rotated. Implementations of this method can look at Diagram.lastInput to get the mouse event and input state.
By default this method does nothing. (But the ToolManager.doMouseWheel override will call Tool.standardMouseWheel.) This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
VirtualdoThe Diagram calls this method when this tool becomes the current tool; you should not call this method. Tool implementations should perform their per-use initialization here, such as setting up internal data structures, or capturing the mouse. Implementations of this method can look at Diagram.lastInput to get the mouse event and input state.
You should not call this method -- only the Diagram.currentTool property setter should call this method.
By default this method does nothing. This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
If you override this method, it is commonplace to also override doStop to clean up whatever you set up in this method.
VirtualdoThe Diagram calls this method when this tool stops being the current tool; you should not call this method. Tool implementations should perform their per-use cleanup here, such as releasing mouse capture.
You should not call this method -- only the Diagram.currentTool property setter should call this method. If you want to stop a tool unexpectedly, you should call doCancel. If your implementation of a tool wants to stop itself, you should call stopTool.
By default this method does nothing. This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
It is commonplace to override this method in order to clean up whatever you have set up in an override of doStart.
VirtualdoThis is called a certain delay after a call to standardWaitAfter if there has not been any call to cancelWaitAfter. The ToolManager overrides this method in order to implement support for mouse-hover behavior and tooltips.
By default this does nothing. This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
The event that caused standardWaitAfter.
This is called by selectInRect o return a collection of Parts within the given Rect r that satisfy isPartialInclusion and whatever other criteria you care about. Normally this just calls Diagram.findPartsIn. Override this to use different criteria than what Diagram.findPartsIn uses.
an area in document coordinates
a Set
since4.0
VirtualfindThis convenience function finds the front-most GraphObject that is at a given point and that is an element of an Adornment that is of a given category. The tool handle must be an immediate element of the Adornment, not a GraphObject that is nested within Panels within the Adornment.
This method is very infrequently overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
a Point in document coordinates.
the required Part.category of the Adornment.
VirtualisReturn true when the last mouse point is far enough away from the first mouse down point to constitute a drag operation instead of just a potential click.
This uses the value of ToolManager.dragSize. On touch devices the value is automatically increased to accommodate the unavoidable movement of fingers.
This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
Optionalfirst: PointPoint in view coordinates, defaults to Diagram.firstInput's InputEvent.viewPoint.
Optionallast: PointPoint in view coordinates, defaults to Diagram.lastInput's InputEvent.viewPoint.
VirtualselectThis method is called to select some parts within the area of a given rectangle.
The normal behavior is to set the diagram's selection collection to only those parts in the given rectangle according to the isPartialInclusion policy. However, if the Shift key modifier is used, no parts are deselected -- this adds to the selection the parts in the rectangle not already selected. If the Control key (Command on Mac) modifier is used, this toggles the selectedness of the parts in the rectangle. If the Control key (Command on Mac) and Shift key modifiers are both used, this deselects the parts in the rectangle.
This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
a rectangular bounds in document coordinates.
VirtualstandardImplement the standard behavior for mouse clicks, searching for and calling click handler functions on GraphObjects or on Diagram, and raising the corresponding DiagramEvent.
A click on a GraphObject of the diagram will raise one of the following DiagramEvents: "ObjectSingleClicked", "ObjectDoubleClicked", or "ObjectContextClicked". This will also look at the corresponding click property: GraphObject.click, GraphObject.doubleClick, or GraphObject.contextClick. If the value is a function, this will call it, passing the current InputEvent and the GraphObject. If the value is null, it tries looking at the parent GraphObject.panel, and so on, walking up the visual tree until it finds the appropriate function to call. After calling the click function, if the value of InputEvent.handled is false, this method will continue walking up the visual tree looking for more click functions to call. Once it has looked at the top-level object (a Part) for a click function, this method stops.
A click in the background of the diagram will raise one of the following DiagramEvents: "BackgroundSingleClicked", "BackgroundDoubleClicked", or "BackgroundContextClicked". This will also look at the corresponding click property: Diagram.click, Diagram.doubleClick, or Diagram.contextClick. If the value is a function, this will call it, passing the current InputEvent.
This method is not responsible for selecting or deselecting any parts. Call standardMouseSelect for that functionality.
Note that this calls GraphObject.isEnabledObject on the target object; if it returns false, no click action will occur.
The ClickSelectingTool calls this method in its override of doMouseUp in order to raise "click" events. Note that by default GraphObjects in Layers that are Layer.isTemporary will not be "clicked". To change that behavior it is easiest to set GraphObject.isActionable to true on those objects for which you wish to handle "click" events. Then the ActionTool's doMouseUp override will raise the standard "click" events.
This method may be overridden, but you should consider calling this base method in order to get all of its functionality. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
Optionalnavig: ((a: GraphObject) => T | null) | nullAn optional custom navigation function to find target objects. This argument is passed to Diagram.findObjectAt.
Optionalpred: ((a: T) => boolean) | nullAn optional custom predicate function to find target objects. A null value is effectively the same as a function that always returns true. This argument is passed to Diagram.findObjectAt, unless the value is undefined, which means to use a predicate to consider only objects in layers holding permanent objects.
true if InputEvent.handled had been set to true on the Diagram.lastInput.
VirtualstandardImplement the standard behavior for mouse enter, over, and leave events, where the mouse is moving but no button is pressed. This should be called by mouse move event handlers when wanting to detect and invoke mouse enter/over/leave event handlers.
The GraphObject.mouseEnter property provides a function to call when the mouse first enters an object or any of its contained objects (if the object is actually a Panel).
The GraphObject.mouseLeave property provides a function to call when the mouse leaves an object and all of its contained objects (if the object is actually a Panel).
The GraphObject.mouseOver property and Diagram.mouseOver properties provide functions to call when the mouse moves but stays within the same GraphObject or when the mouse moves in the background of the Diagram.
This method is also responsible for updating the Diagram.currentCursor according to the value of GraphObject.cursor and Diagram.defaultCursor.
This method may be overridden, but you should consider calling this base method in order to get all of its functionality. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
VirtualstandardImplement the standard behavior for selecting parts with the mouse, depending on the control and shift modifier keys.
Control-clicking on a part will select it if it wasn't already, and will deselect if it had been selected. Shift-clicking on a part will add it to the selection (if it wasn't already). Otherwise, clicking on a part will select it (if it wasn't already).
Note that there are restrictions on selection. For example, a part cannot be selected in this manner if Part.selectable is false, or if Diagram.maxSelectionCount would be exceeded.
A left click in the background of the diagram with no modifier keys clears the selection.
This method does not implement any click event behavior -- that is implemented by standardMouseClick.
The ClickSelectingTool calls this method in its override of doMouseUp in order to change the selection.
This method may be overridden, but you should consider calling this base method in order to get all of its functionality. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
VirtualstandardImplement the standard behavior for mouse wheel events. ToolManager.doMouseWheel calls this method.
Turning the mouse wheel if Diagram.allowVerticalScroll is true causes the diagram to scroll up or down. If InputEvent.shift and Diagram.allowHorizontalScroll are true, the diagram scrolls left or right.
If InputEvent.control and Diagram.allowZoom are true, turning the mouse wheel changes the diagram's scale, zooming in or out while trying to keep the point in the model at the same point as the mouse.
The value of ToolManager.mouseWheelBehavior affects what operations might occur upon mouse wheel events.
This method may be overridden, but you should consider calling this base method in order to get all of its functionality. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
VirtualstandardAs of version 4, this method is no longer called by the ToolManager. Most of the responsibility for pinch zooming has been moved to the PanningTool.
deprecatedVirtualstandardAs of version 4, this method is no longer called by the ToolManager. Most of the responsibility for pinch zooming has been moved to the PanningTool.
deprecatedVirtualstandardThis is called to start a new timer to call doWaitAfter after a given delay. It first cancels any previously running "WaitAfter" timer, by calling cancelWaitAfter.
This is normally used to implement mouse hover and mouse hold events. If the mouse has moved, it must not have moved beyond the distance as determined by Tool.isBeyondDragSize for it be considered "stationary". So the regular ToolManager.doMouseMove implementation only calls this method when the mouse has moved beyond the drag size.
This method is rarely overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
The delay, in milliseconds.
Optionalevent: InputEventAn optional event that caused this timer. Defaults to Diagram.lastInput. This gets passed on to doWaitAfter.
Call Diagram.startTransaction with the given transaction name. This always sets transactionResult to null.
This is normally called in an override of doActivate, if the tool modifies the model, along with a call to stopTransaction in an override of doDeactivate. Alternatively, you can surround a block of code that sets the transactionResult with calls to startTransaction and stopTransaction.
Optionaltname: stringa string describing the transaction.
the value of the call to Diagram.startTransaction.
VirtualstopIf the Diagram.currentTool is this tool, stop this tool and start the Diagram.defaultTool by making it be the new current tool. The implementation of various tool methods can call this method to stop the current tool. This will call doStop -- you should not call that method directly.
If you want to stop the current tool and have it restore the original state, call doCancel. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
VirtualstopIf transactionResult is null, call Diagram.rollbackTransaction, otherwise call Diagram.commitTransaction.
This is normally called in an override of doDeactivate,
if startTransaction was called in doActivate.
Alternatively, you can surround a block of code that sets the transactionResult
with calls to startTransaction and stopTransaction.
This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
the result of the call to rollback or commit the transaction.
VirtualupdateThe diagram asks each tool to update any adornments the tool might use for a given part. If the tool uses its own tool handles, this should display them or hide them as appropriate. Typically this should only show them if the part is selected.
By default this method does nothing. This method may be overridden. Please read the Learn page on Extensions for how to override methods and how to call this base method.
The DragSelectingTool lets the user select multiple parts within a rectangular area drawn by the user. There is a temporary part, the box, that shows the current area encompassed between the mouse-down point and the current mouse point. The default drag selection box is a magenta rectangle. You can change the box to customize its appearance -- see its documentation for an example.
This tool is a standard mouse-move tool, the ToolManager.dragSelectingTool. However this cannot start running unless there has been a motionless delay after the mouse-down event of at least delay milliseconds.
This tool does not utilize any Adornments or tool handles, but it does temporarily add the box part to the diagram. This tool does not modify the model or conduct any transaction.
Selection occurs on a mouse-up when it calls selectInRect with the value of computeBoxBounds. Selectable parts are selected when their bounds fall entirely within the rectangle, unless isPartialInclusion is set to true.
For customizing the DragSelectingTool, see Learn page on the DragSelectingTool.
If you implement your own drag-in-the-background-to-do-something tool, you may need to disable this tool or insert your new tool in the ToolManager.mouseMoveTools list before this tool, in order for your tool to run. There are examples of such tools defined in the extensions directory: Realtime Drag Selecting Tool, Drag Creating Tool, and Drag Zooming Tool.
If you want to programmatically select some Parts in a rectangular area, you can call selectInRect.