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/*
* This file is part of lanterna (https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna).
*
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*
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*
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* Notice that most of the built-in components in Lanterna extends from {@link AbstractInteractableComponent} which
* has a final implementation of this method. The method to override to handle input in that case is
* {@link AbstractInteractableComponent#handleKeyStroke(KeyStroke)}.
* @param keyStroke What input was entered by the user
* @return Result of processing the key-stroke
*/
Result handleInput(KeyStroke keyStroke);
/**
* Moves focus in the {@code BasePane} to this component. If the component has not been added to a {@code BasePane}
* (i.e. a {@code Window} most of the time), does nothing. If the component has been disabled through a call to
* {@link Interactable#setEnabled(boolean)}, this call also does nothing.
* @return Itself
*/
Interactable takeFocus();
/**
* Method called when this component gained keyboard focus.
* @param direction What direction did the focus come from
* @param previouslyInFocus Which component had focus previously ({@code null} if none)
*/
void onEnterFocus(FocusChangeDirection direction, Interactable previouslyInFocus);
/**
* Method called when keyboard focus moves away from this component
* @param direction What direction is focus going in
* @param nextInFocus Which component is receiving focus next (or {@code null} if none)
*/
void onLeaveFocus(FocusChangeDirection direction, Interactable nextInFocus);
/**
* Returns {@code true} if this component currently has input focus in its root container.
* @return {@code true} if the interactable has input focus, {@code false} otherwise
*/
boolean isFocused();
/**
* Assigns an input filter to the interactable component. This will intercept any user input and decide if the input
* should be passed on to the component or not. {@code null} means there is no filter.
* @param inputFilter Input filter to assign to the interactable
* @return Itself
*/
Interactable setInputFilter(InputFilter inputFilter);
/**
* Returns the input filter currently assigned to the interactable component. This will intercept any user input and
* decide if the input should be passed on to the component or not. {@code null} means there is no filter.
* @return Input filter currently assigned to the interactable component
*/
InputFilter getInputFilter();
/**
* Prevents the component from receiving input focus if this is called with a {@code false} value. The component
* will then behave as a mainly non-interactable component. Input focus can be re-enabled by calling this with
* {@code true}. If the component already has input focus when calling this method, it will release focus and no
* component is focused until there is user action or code that chooses a new focus.
* @param enabled If called with {@code false}, this interactable won't receive input focus until it's called again
* with {@code true}.
* @return Itself
*/
Interactable setEnabled(boolean enabled);
/**
* Returns {@code true} if this component is able to receive input as a regular interactable component. This will
* return {@code false} if input focus has been disabled through calling {@link Interactable#setEnabled(boolean)}.
* @return {@code true} if this component can receive input focus, {@code false} otherwise
*/
boolean isEnabled();
/**
* Returns {@code true} if this interactable component is currently able to receive input focus. This is similar but
* different from {@link #isEnabled()}, which tells lanterna that the entire component is disabled when it is
* returning {@code false}, compared to this method which simply claims that the component is currently not ready
* to handle input. The {@link AbstractInteractableComponent} implementation always return {@code true} here but
* for example the list box components will override and return {@code false} here if they are empty. Note that you
* can still programmatically force input focus onto the component, returning {@code false} here won't prevent that.
*
* @return {@code true} if this component wants to receive input focus, {@code false} otherwise.
*/
boolean isFocusable();
/**
* Enum to represent the various results coming out of the handleKeyStroke method
*/
enum Result {
/**
* This component didn't handle the key-stroke, either because it was not recognized or because it chose to
* ignore it.
*/
UNHANDLED,
/**
* This component has handled the key-stroke and it should be considered consumed.
*/
HANDLED,
/**
* This component has handled the key-stroke and requests the GUI system to switch focus to next component in
* an ordered list of components. This should generally be returned if moving focus by using the tab key.
*/
MOVE_FOCUS_NEXT,
/**
* This component has handled the key-stroke and requests the GUI system to switch focus to previous component
* in an ordered list of components. This should generally be returned if moving focus by using the reverse tab
* key.
*/
MOVE_FOCUS_PREVIOUS,
/**
* This component has handled the key-stroke and requests the GUI system to switch focus to next component in
* the general left direction. By convention in Lanterna, if there is no component to the left, it will move up
* instead. This should generally be returned if moving focus by using the left array key.
*/
MOVE_FOCUS_LEFT,
/**
* This component has handled the key-stroke and requests the GUI system to switch focus to next component in
* the general right direction. By convention in Lanterna, if there is no component to the right, it will move
* down instead. This should generally be returned if moving focus by using the right array key.
*/
MOVE_FOCUS_RIGHT,
/**
* This component has handled the key-stroke and requests the GUI system to switch focus to next component in
* the general up direction. By convention in Lanterna, if there is no component above, it will move left
* instead. This should generally be returned if moving focus by using the up array key.
*/
MOVE_FOCUS_UP,
/**
* This component has handled the key-stroke and requests the GUI system to switch focus to next component in
* the general down direction. By convention in Lanterna, if there is no component below, it will move up
* instead. This should generally be returned if moving focus by using the down array key.
*/
MOVE_FOCUS_DOWN,
;
}
/**
* When focus has changed, which direction.
*/
enum FocusChangeDirection {
/**
* The next interactable component, going down. This direction usually comes from the user pressing down array.
*/
DOWN,
/**
* The next interactable component, going right. This direction usually comes from the user pressing right array.
*/
RIGHT,
/**
* The next interactable component, going up. This direction usually comes from the user pressing up array.
*/
UP,
/**
* The next interactable component, going left. This direction usually comes from the user pressing left array.
*/
LEFT,
/**
* The next interactable component, in layout manager order (usually left->right, up->down). This direction
* usually comes from the user pressing tab key.
*/
NEXT,
/**
* The previous interactable component, reversed layout manager order (usually right->left, down->up). This
* direction usually comes from the user pressing shift and tab key (reverse tab).
*/
PREVIOUS,
/**
* Focus was changed by calling the {@code RootContainer.setFocusedInteractable(..)} method directly.
*/
TELEPORT,
/**
* Focus has gone away and no component is now in focus
*/
RESET,
;
}
}