Returning which button was pressed.

Hi guys, I have been looking for a while but cant seem to find an answer. If i use something like:

 waitforbutttonpress

can I return the button which was pressed? for example:

button = waitforbuttonpress

 if button == rightMouse
   methodOne
 elseif button == leftMouse
   methodTwo
 else
 break
 end

[Sergey Lopatnikov]

It will not work. You cannot exit from loop this way. You only can start loop as one of the methods, However, if you start loop[ you will not be able to stop evaluation by mouse click because decision is outside the loop.

Answer 1

[José-Luis]

f = figure(1);
click_type=get(f,'SelectionType');
if strcmp(click_type,'normal') %right click
   %Do some stuff
elseif strcmp(click_type,'alt') %left click
   %Do some other stuff
end

[Tim Mottram]

Ok, this looks like the sort of thing I need. Can you tell me if I need to use the figure as a reference? I.E does the click always have to be on that figure? Can I use some sort of general:

button =  ButtonDown

instead?

Also, Will the code pause on the click_type statement or do I write:

 f = figure(1);
 waitforbuttonpress
 click_type = get(f,'SelectionType');

??

[José-Luis]

As far as I know, the click needs to be in the figure axes.

[Tim Mottram]

Answered my own question. if you want it to wait you need waitforbuttonpress.

[Tim Mottram]

This worked perfectly thanks for all your help :)

Answer 2

[Sachin Ganjare]

Refer below link:

http://www.mathworks.in/support/solutions/en/data/1-15NBP/?solution=1-15NBP

Hope it helps!!!

[Tim Mottram]

Thanks for the help, I'm not using a GUI but I'll have a look and see if I can modify something :).