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# SoTrackballDragger Class Reference
[Draggers]

`#include <Inventor/draggers/SoTrackballDragger.h>`

Inheritance diagram for SoTrackballDragger:

List of all members.

## Detailed Description

The SoTrackballDragger provides the end-user with rotation and scaling interaction possibilities.

Here's how the dragger looks with it's default geometry in the inactive state:

The dragger has three "bands" around a transparent sphere, which when clicked and dragged will rotate around the three principal axes. In addition, the user can define his own rotation axis by holding down a SHIFT key while clicking with the left mouse button and dragging. A new, distinctively colored axis and dragger band will be then be added.

Free-form rotation on the sphere can be done by clicking and dragging outside the pre-defined "rotation bands".

Scale operations are made available by holding down a CTRL key when clicking with the left mouse button. The dragger is then in scaling mode, and dragging while holding down the mouse button will uniformly scale the trackball sphere.

For the application programmer's convenience, the Coin library also provides a manipulator class called SoTrackballManip, which wraps the SoTrackballDragger into the necessary mechanisms for making direct insertion of this dragger into a scenegraph possible with very little effort.

See also:
  SoTrackballManip

## Public Member Functions
| SoTrackballDragger (void)
SbBool | isAnimationEnabled (void)
void | setAnimationEnabled (SbBool newval)
## Static Public Member Functions
void | initClass (void)
## Public Attributes
SoSFRotation | rotation
SoSFVec3f | scaleFactor
## Protected Member Functions
| ~SoTrackballDragger ()
virtual SbBool | setUpConnections (SbBool onoff, SbBool doitalways=FALSE)
virtual void | setDefaultOnNonWritingFields (void)
void | dragStart (void)
void | drag (void)
void | dragFinish (void)
void | setAllPartsActive (SbBool onoroff)
## Static Protected Member Functions
void | startCB (void *f, SoDragger *d)
void | motionCB (void *f, SoDragger *d)
void | finishCB (void *f, SoDragger *d)
void | metaKeyChangeCB (void *f, SoDragger *d)
void | fieldSensorCB (void *f, SoSensor *s)
void | valueChangedCB (void *f, SoDragger *d)
## Protected Attributes
SoFieldSensor * | rotFieldSensor
SoFieldSensor * | scaleFieldSensor
## Friends
class | SoTrackballDraggerP

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoTrackballDragger::SoTrackballDragger | ( | void |  | ) |

| Default constructor, sets up the dragger nodekit catalog with the interaction and feedback geometry. Node kit structure (new entries versus parent class marked with arrow prefix):
      CLASS SoTrackballDragger
      -->"this"
            "callbackList"
            "topSeparator"
               "motionMatrix"
      -->      "surroundScale"
      -->      "antiSquish"
               "geomSeparator"
      -->         "rotatorSwitch"
      -->            "rotator"
      -->            "rotatorActive"
      -->         "XRotatorSwitch"
      -->            "XRotator"
      -->            "XRotatorActive"
      -->         "YRotatorSwitch"
      -->            "YRotator"
      -->            "YRotatorActive"
      -->         "ZRotatorSwitch"
      -->            "ZRotator"
      -->            "ZRotatorActive"
      -->         "userAxisRotation"
      -->         "userAxisSwitch"
      -->            "userAxis"
      -->            "userAxisActive"
      -->         "userRotatorSwitch"
      -->            "userRotator"
      -->            "userRotatorActive"
(See SoBaseKit::printDiagram() for information about the output formatting.) Detailed information on catalog parts:
      CLASS SoTrackballDragger
      PVT   "this",  SoTrackballDragger  ---
            "callbackList",  SoNodeKitListPart [ SoCallback, SoEventCallback ]
      PVT   "topSeparator",  SoSeparator  ---
      PVT   "motionMatrix",  SoMatrixTransform  ---
            "surroundScale",  SoSurroundScale  ---
            "antiSquish",  SoAntiSquish  ---
      PVT   "geomSeparator",  SoSeparator  ---
      PVT   "rotatorSwitch",  SoSwitch  ---
            "rotator",  SoSeparator  ---
            "rotatorActive",  SoSeparator  ---
      PVT   "XRotatorSwitch",  SoSwitch  ---
            "XRotator",  SoSeparator  ---
            "XRotatorActive",  SoSeparator  ---
      PVT   "YRotatorSwitch",  SoSwitch  ---
            "YRotator",  SoSeparator  ---
            "YRotatorActive",  SoSeparator  ---
      PVT   "ZRotatorSwitch",  SoSwitch  ---
            "ZRotator",  SoSeparator  ---
            "ZRotatorActive",  SoSeparator  ---
      PVT   "userAxisRotation",  SoRotation  ---
      PVT   "userAxisSwitch",  SoSwitch  ---
            "userAxis",  SoSeparator  ---
            "userAxisActive",  SoSeparator  ---
      PVT   "userRotatorSwitch",  SoSwitch  ---
            "userRotator",  SoSeparator  ---
            "userRotatorActive",  SoSeparator  ---
(See SoBaseKit::printTable() for information about the output formatting.)

SoTrackballDragger::~SoTrackballDragger | ( |  | ) | `[protected]`

| Protected destructor. (Dragger classes are derived from SoBase, so they are reference counted and automatically destroyed when their reference count goes to 0.)

## Member Function Documentation

void SoTrackballDragger::initClass | ( | void |  | ) | `[static]`

| Initializes type system for this dragger class. Application programmers should usually not have to invoke this method, see documentation of SoInteraction::init(). Reimplemented from SoDragger.

SbBool SoTrackballDragger::isAnimationEnabled | ( | void |  | ) |

| Whether or not the trackball will start a spin animation after a quick drag-and-release. Note: this feature is not supported yet in the Coin library, so even though if `TRUE` is returned, spin animations will not be possible to trigger.

void SoTrackballDragger::setAnimationEnabled | ( | SbBool | newval | ) |

| Set a flag which will decide whether or not the trackball will start a spin animation after a quick drag-and-release. Note: this feature is not supported yet in the Coin library.

SbBool SoTrackballDragger::setUpConnections | ( | SbBool | onoff,
|  | SbBool | doitalways = FALSE
| ) | `[protected, virtual]`

| Sets up all internal connections for instances of this class. (This method will usually not be of interest to the application programmer, unless you want to extend the library with new custom nodekits or dragger classes. If so, see the SoBaseKit class documentation.) Reimplemented from SoInteractionKit.

void SoTrackballDragger::setDefaultOnNonWritingFields | ( | void |  | ) | `[protected, virtual]`

| (Be aware that this method is unlikely to be of interest to the application programmer who does not want to extend the library with new custom nodekits or draggers. If you indeed are writing extensions, see the information in the SoBaseKit class documentation.) This is a virtual method, and the code in it should call SoField::setDefault() with argument `TRUE` on part fields that should not be written upon scenegraph export operations. This is typically done when: field value is `NULL` and part is `NULL` by default it is a leaf SoGroup or SoSeparator node with no children it is a leaf listpart with no children and an SoGroup or SoSeparator container it is a non-leaf part and it's of SoGroup type and all fields are at their default values Subclasses should usually override this to do additional settings for new member fields. From the subclass, do remember to call "upwards" to your superclass' setDefaultOnNonWritingFields() method. Reimplemented from SoDragger.

void SoTrackballDragger::dragStart | ( | void |  | ) | `[protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer. Called when dragger is selected (picked) by the user.

void SoTrackballDragger::drag | ( | void |  | ) | `[protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer. Called when user drags the mouse after picking the dragger.

void SoTrackballDragger::dragFinish | ( | void |  | ) | `[protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer. Called when mouse button is released after picking and interacting with the dragger.

void SoTrackballDragger::setAllPartsActive | ( | SbBool | onoroff | ) | `[protected]`

| If the input argument is `TRUE`, all the geometry parts of the dragger will become highligthed, as when active. Used internally during scaling operations and free-form rotations.

void SoTrackballDragger::startCB | ( | void * | f,
|  | SoDragger * | d
| ) | `[static, protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

void SoTrackballDragger::motionCB | ( | void * | f,
|  | SoDragger * | d
| ) | `[static, protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

void SoTrackballDragger::finishCB | ( | void * | f,
|  | SoDragger * | d
| ) | `[static, protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

void SoTrackballDragger::metaKeyChangeCB | ( | void * | f,
|  | SoDragger * | d
| ) | `[static, protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

void SoTrackballDragger::fieldSensorCB | ( | void * | d,
|  | SoSensor * | s
| ) | `[static, protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer. Reimplemented from SoInteractionKit.

void SoTrackballDragger::valueChangedCB | ( | void * | f,
|  | SoDragger * | d
| ) | `[static, protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

## Member Data Documentation

SoSFRotation SoTrackballDragger::rotation

| This field is continuously updated to contain the rotation of the dragger's trackball.

SoSFVec3f SoTrackballDragger::scaleFactor

| Continuously updated to contain the current vector of scaling along the X, Y and Z axes. The three components will always be equal, as this dragger only supports uniform scale operations.

SoFieldSensor * SoTrackballDragger::rotFieldSensor`[protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

SoFieldSensor * SoTrackballDragger::scaleFieldSensor`[protected]`

| This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

- SoTrackballDragger.h
- SoTrackballDragger.cpp