[R] tcltk problem with <Button-2>

Gabor Grothendieck ggrothendieck at myway.com
Sun Nov 30 05:42:05 CET 2003



The following R code works as expected:

require( tcltk )
tt <- tktoplevel()

# create a button labelled A that changes to B when pressed
pressed <- function() tkconfigure( tt.but, text="B" )
tt.but <- tkbutton( tt, text="A", command=pressed )
tkpack(tt.but)

# if Control-Button-1 pressed change button label to C
e <- expression( tkconfigure( tt.but, text="C" ), break )
tkbind(tt.but, "<Control-Button-1>", e )

But if I simply replace Control-Button-1 with Button-2 in the tkbind
command, i.e. the last line, then nothing happens when I press 
Button-2 (which I assume is the right mouse button).

I also tried removing the break and using a function instead of an
expression but it also does not respond, i.e. I tried replacing
the last line with:

tkbind(tt.but, "<Button-2>", function() tkconfigure( tt.but, text="C" ) ) 

I am using Windows 2000 and R 1.8.1 and am pasting the script 
into Rterm to make sure that the Rgui does not interfere with it.




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