Mark a rectangle when pressing and releasing left mouse button

[john_hobbyist]

I put this:

        pressPos = None
        clicked = Signal()

        def mousePressEvent(self, event):
            if event.button() == Qt.LeftButton:
                self.pressPos = event.pos()
                print("self.c_x = ", self.c_x)
                print("self.c_y = ", self.c_y)

        def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
            # ensure that the left button was pressed *and* released within the
            # geometry of the widget; if so, emit the signal;
            if (self.pressPos is not None and 
                event.button() == Qt.LeftButton and 
                event.pos() in self.rect()):
                    self.clicked.emit()
                    print("self.c_x = ", self.c_x)
                    print("self.c_y = ", self.c_y)
            self.pressPos = None

inside the

class MyToolBar(mpl_qt.NavigationToolbar2QT)

It does not work!

self.c_x, and self.c_y

are the coordinates

[jsulm]

@john_hobbyist What exactly does not work?

[JonB]

@john_hobbyist
As @jsulm has asked.....

Aren't your self.c_... variables just the same in mouseReleaseEvent() as they were in mousePressEvent()? Why should they change. If you think self.clicked.emit() will cause mousePressEvent() to be executed it won't, test that....

I said to use the event.pos() in mouseReleaseEvent() to get the current coordinates, and use self.c_... from the earlier mousePressEvent() as the previous coordinates. Anything else is more complex/incorrect.

[john_hobbyist]

@jsulm said in Mark a rectangle when pressing and releasing left mouse button:

@john_hobbyist What exactly does not work?

It does not print the coordinates.... I am searching it based on the following comment of @JonB

[JonB]

@john_hobbyist said in Mark a rectangle when pressing and releasing left mouse button:

It does print the coordinates

What does? Since your print statements are identical in mousePressEvent() and mouseReleaseEvent() it's not ideal for distinguishing which one is being shown!

And even if the clicked does cause mousePressEvent() to be called, they will then show as identical in mouseReleaseEvent() either way. Since the only place you do self.pressPos = event.pos() is in mousePressEvent().

[john_hobbyist]

@JonB said in Mark a rectangle when pressing and releasing left mouse button:

@john_hobbyist said in Mark a rectangle when pressing and releasing left mouse button:

It does print the coordinates

What does? Since your print statements are identical in mousePressEvent() and mouseReleaseEvent() it's not ideal for distinguishing which one is being shown!

I forgot "not" word! :-) So sorry for that! See my comment again please... I am searching it, though, on how to fix the code based on your comments.

[JonB]

@JonB said in Mark a rectangle when pressing and releasing left mouse button:

In mouseReleaseEvent() the new event.pos() gives the mouse-up position, and self.pressPos still has the mouse-down position, so use those for your rectangle.

[john_hobbyist]

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[john_hobbyist]

Although the above scheme works, it disables the zoom function. I will stay to built-in methods. But how can I transform the following method in order to get the coordinates when I release the mouse button?

def onPress(self, event):
        if (event.xdata is None) or (event.ydata is None):
            self.mouseClickPos = None
            return
        self.mouseClickPos = int(round(event.xdata)), int(round(event.ydata))

(source: https://github.com/Axel-Erfurt/OrthoViewLite/blob/main/OrthoViewLite.py)

I found this: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/pyqt5-qcalendarwidget-setting-mouse-release-event/ but it does not accept event.xdata and event.ydata. I am referring to mouseReleaseEvent method.... Any ideas?

[john_hobbyist]

I also tried this:

event.pos().x()
event.pos().y()

but it gives me wrong coordinates, related to the Canvas and not related to the image.

(source: https://books.google.gr/books?id=_g6fDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Someone? Thank you!

[john_hobbyist]

Even this:

def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
    print("Mouse button released!")
    print("coordinates:", event.pos())

displays canvas coordinates, which are much lower, and not the image x,y, coordinates....