MouseEvent Plugin

[phlox]

New version 1.0.1 (from 2012-08-26)

hi there,

In my EG configuration I need to receive mouse events. Surprisingly EG doesn't create mouse events 'out of the box', so I decided to write my own plugin. It's not a big thing, but maybe it is helpful for others too.

The plugin uses the pyHook library for getting low level mouse events. Currently this library is not part of EG but I supply it here along with the plugin. To install it, just copy the 'pyHook' folder from the .zip archive into 'EventGhost\lib26\site-packages\pyHook' and restart EG.

Usage note: The plugin does not yet start generating mouse events when it is started. You've to call the action 'Start Mouse Event Listener' in order to receive mouse events.

[phlox]

version 0.1.1 uploaded with following changes:

• Fix: Move events were not triggered while coalesce == False
• Impr: filter ghost move events, i.e. events with same position as previous one if coalesce == True
• Unnecessary imports removed, URL added

[phlox]

here's update 0.1.2 with following changes:

• Fix: Restore event handling after system resume
• Improvement: Added option to filter move events by distance

[phlox]

I've uploaded v0.1.3 with the following change:

• Option "Filter move events by distance" improved. The initial events are now filtered until minDistance reached. On some systems, I think it depends on the mouse hardware, events without moving the mouse get fired (ghost events), and these events are now suppressed from the beginning.

Perhaps the change sounds silly, but in fact it's crucial if an EG configuration starts an important macro on the first MouseMove event.

[THX-UltraII]

New version 0.1.3 (from 2012-02-17)

hi there,

In my EG configuration I need to receive mouse events. Surprisingly EG doesn't create mouse events 'out of the box' (or at least I haven't found them??), so I decided to write my own plugin. It's not a big thing, but maybe it is helpful for others too.

The plugin uses the pyHook library for getting low level mouse events. Currently this library is not part of EG but I supply it here along with the plugin. To install it, just copy the 'pyHook' folder from the .zip archive into 'EventGhost\lib26\site-packages\pyHook' and restart EG.

The file you posted does not contain a 'pyHook' folder.

And what s the difference between your plugin and the standard mouse actions that EventGhost by default?

[phlox]

The file you posted does not contain a 'pyHook' folder.

oops, indeed, I'm sorry, I missed to pack the library with 1.0.3 (I've uploaded an updated version in the first post)

And what s the difference between your plugin and the standard mouse actions that EventGhost by default?

Well, EG provides actions to move the mouse pointer over the screen or to click somewhere, that's ok, but it does not fire events when someone (a human) moves the mouse or clicks somewhere. The MouseEvent plugin fires events on these and other mouse actions.

For example, such events could be used in a macro to restart a sleep timer; that's exactly the use case where I need this plugin in my EG config.

[phlox]

Here's a final first release of Mouse Event plugin 1.0.0 (download in the first post).

It's in daily use on my own system and it does what it is supposed to: it fires mouse events

[SawyerSI]

One question about this plugin. I tried it and it seems to do the job somehow.

How do I get the menu windows from screen one? I need to force it to update more often then it does by default for gaming purpose.

[phlox]

you have to call the action 'Start Mouse Event Listener' in your macro in order to receive mouse events. Double click on that action to configure it (that's the screenshot of the first post)

You can call the action 'Stop Mouse Event Listener' if you no longer want to receive mouse events.

You can call an action of the family 'Get last mouse XXX event' if you want to get details of the last event, like the position of the last click.

Feel free to ask if it's not clear.

[harrybro]

You can call the action 'Stop Mouse Event Listener' if you no longer want to receive mouse events.

[phlox]

Here's an update Mouse Event plugin 1.0.1
(download in the 1st post)

Change log

Code: Select all

# 1.0.2    Fix: StopMouseEventListener was broken in 1.0.0
#          Fix: After several suspend-resume cycles, the MouseListener stopped producing mouse events.
#          Fix: MouseEventListener instantiation on __start__(), not on __init__()

[hasmak]

New version 1.0.1 (from 2012-08-26)

hi there,

In my EG configuration I need to receive mouse events. Surprisingly EG doesn't create mouse events 'out of the box', so I decided to write my own plugin. It's not a big thing, but maybe it is helpful for others too.

The plugin uses the pyHook library for getting low level mouse events. Currently this library is not part of EG but I supply it here along with the plugin. To install it, just copy the 'pyHook' folder from the .zip archive into 'EventGhost\lib26\site-packages\pyHook' and restart EG.

Usage note: The plugin does not yet start generating mouse events when it is started. You've to call the action 'Start Mouse Event Listener' in order to receive mouse events.

Hi
Thanks for the effort, this is what I was looking for.
Unfortunately It is not working for me.
I extracted the zip, copied pyHook folder as instructed D:\Util\EventGhost\lib26\site-packages\pyHook,
put the plugin in the D:\Util\EventGhost\plugins\MouseEvent_1.0.1
Exit EG -> restart EG
Go to add plugin
The plugin is not shown under any category?
Am I doing something wrong?
MY EG version is: 0.4.1r1640
Thanks

[Pako]

I see that you are not progressing properly.
Once you download a file MouseEvent_1.0.1.zip, you must do one thing only:
Expand the contents of the file into the folder where you have installed the program EventGhost.
ZIP file contains subfolders, so that will be merged.
Then when you restart EventGhost, you will find a new plugin in "Remote Receiver" group.

Pako

[hasmak]

Thanks for the quick response
It is now working
Much obliged
H.

[justahotbag2]

I see this thread/plugin is quite dusty, does anyone still use it? I'm looking to fire a macro, when scrolling the mouse wheel on the top edge of the screen, but this doesn't seem to acknowledge which way the wheel turns.