rubberbox - Rubberband box for rectangle selection

Calling Sequence

[final_rect,btn]=rubberbox(initial_rect)

[final_rect,btn]=rubberbox()

[final_rect,btn]=rubberbox(edition_mode)

Parameters

• initial_rect : vector with two or four entries. With four entries it gives the initial rectangle defined by [x_left, y_top, width, height], with two entries width and height are supposed to be 0. coordinates of the upper-left corner of
• edition_mode :a boolean, if edition_mode==%t; button press selects the first corner, release selects the opposite corner.if edition_mode==%f, button press or click selects the first corner, a click is requested to select the opposite corner. The default value is edition_mode=%f
• final_rect :a rectangle defined by [x_left, y_top, width, height]
• btn :an integer, the number of the mouse button clicked

Description

rubberbox(initial_rect) tracks a rubberband box in the current graphic window, following the mouse. When a button is clicked rubberbox returns the final rectangles definition in final_Rect . If the argument initial_rect user has to click to fix the initial corner position.

Examples

xsetech(frect=[0,0,100,100])
[x,y]=xclick();r=rubberbox([x;y;30;10])
xrect(r)
r=rubberbox()
 
  

See Also

xrect ,   xrects ,   xclick ,   xgetmouse ,   dragrect ,