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Even when components are disabled, most scripting events can still occur. For example, a mouse click can still happen on a disabled component, which is why we recommend using the action performed event when placing a script on a button.

# On the actionPerformed of a button, this will print Hello World! to the console each time the button is pressed.
print "Hello World!"

# On the propertyChange of a component, this script will print out the name of the property that is changing.
print event.propertyName

# On the mouseEntered event of a component, this script will only fire if the mouse enters the bounds of the component.
print "The mouse is inside the component space!"

mouseMotion events will not trigger when the project is viewed from a mobile project as these gestures are used by the browser/device to zoom or pan.

# From the mouseMotion event on a component, this will print each time the mouse moves when it is over the component.
print "The mouse is moving over the component!"

# On the keyReleased event of a component, this will print out the key code of the key that was hit on the keyboard,
# but only on release of the key, and only when the component has focus.
print event.keyCode

if event.keyCode == event.VK_A:
	print "The key press was a"

Some Operating Systems reserve certain keys for certain function, and will capture the key press or release before it gets sent to the Client. For example, many Operating Systems use the TAB key to shift focus to the next field.

# On the focusGained event of a few different components, this script can print out when the component has gained focus.
print "The component name now has focus!"

# From a visionWindowOpened event on a window, you can request the focus of components in the window, to start the focus on a component other than the upper left most component.

# Here we grab the reference to the component using the property selector on the upper right side of the script editor.
system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getComponentForPath('Root Container.Text Field').requestFocusInWindow()

# Here we can manually enter in the path to the component using our knowledge of the component hierarchy and
# the getRootContainer function. Both of these functions work in the same way.
system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getRootContainer().getComponent("Text Field").requestFocusInWindow()

# From the internalFrameActivated event on a window, this will fire each time the window is focused, so clicking between two different windows will trigger it.
print "This window is now in focus!"

# From the cellEdited event of a table component, this script can update our database table with any new data that is entered in the table

# Get the id of the row we edited and the headers
id = event.source.data.getValueAt(event.row, 'id')
headers = system.dataset.getColumnHeaders(event.source.data)

# Build our Update query.
query = "UPDATE User SET %s = ? WHERE id = ?" % (headers[event.column])
args = [event.newValue, id]

# Run the query with the specified arguments.
system.db.runPrepUpdate(query, args)

# On the itemStateChanged event of a radio button, this will print when this specific radio button is selected.
if event.stateChange == event.SELECTED:
	print "This radio button is selected!"

# On the repaint event of a paintable canvas component, this will create a circle with a gradient background color of orange and white.

from java.awt import Color
from java.awt import GradientPaint
from java.awt.geom import Ellipse2D

g = event.graphics

# Body
innerBody = Ellipse2D.Float(8,8,72,72)

#### Scale graphics to actual component size
dX = (event.width-1)/100.0
dY = (event.height-1)/100.0
g.scale(dX,dY)

# Paint body
g.setPaint(GradientPaint(0,40,Color.WHITE, 0,100, Color.ORANGE,1))
g.fill(innerBody)
g.setColor(Color.ORANGE)
g.draw(innerBody)

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