ToolEvent

The type of tool event.

Values:

• 'mousedown', 'mouseup', 'mousemove', 'mousedrag'

Type:

• String

The position of the mouse in project coordinates when the event was fired.

Type:

• Point

Example:

function onMouseDrag(event) {
    // the position of the mouse when it is dragged
    console.log(event.point);
}

function onMouseUp(event) {
    // the position of the mouse when it is released
    console.log(event.point);
}

The position of the mouse in project coordinates when the previous event was fired.

Type:

• Point

The position of the mouse in project coordinates when the mouse button was last clicked.

Type:

• Point

The point in the middle between lastPoint and point. This is a useful position to use when creating artwork based on the moving direction of the mouse, as returned by delta.

Type:

• Point

The difference between the current position and the last position of the mouse when the event was fired. In case of the mouseup event, the difference to the mousedown position is returned.

Type:

• Point

The number of times the mouse event was fired.

Type:

• Number

The item at the position of the mouse (if any).

If the item is contained within one or more Group or CompoundPath items, the most top level group or compound path that it is contained within is returned.

Type:

• Item

Returns:

• String — a string representation of the tool event

The time at which the event was created, in milliseconds since the epoch.

Read only.

Type:

• Number

The current state of the keyboard modifiers.

Read only.

Type:

• object

See also:

• Key.modifiers

Cancels the event if it is cancelable, without stopping further propagation of the event.

Prevents further propagation of the current event.

Cancels the event if it is cancelable, and stops stopping further propagation of the event. This is has the same effect as calling both stopPropagation() and preventDefault().

Any handler can also return false to indicate that stop() should be called right after.