Trigger Help¶

• Trigger Help
• Introduction
• Child Elements
• Attributes
• Event
• Target
• Example
• See Also
• Comments

Introduction¶

Triggers are IMML elements that are used to activate scripts. This allows for various interactive elements within an environment, an example of this is a button.

This is a sample of a trigger

1     <Trigger Name="MyTrigger" Event="MouseClick" Target="MyScript"></Trigger>

Child Elements¶

These are possible elements that can be nested in a trigger element

• Condition
• Network

Attributes¶

Event¶

Type	imml:EventType
Use	Required
Documentation	Event that triggers invocation

Target¶

Type	xs:string
Use	Required
Documentation	Name of the target element to execute on invocation of the trigger

Example¶

This example shows a simple Trigger which is activated by a mouse click. The Trigger then activates the script which has been named MyScript

1 <Trigger Name="MyTrigger" Event="MouseClick" Target="MyScript"/>
2 <Script Name="MyScript" Language="LUA">
3     function main (obj, args)
4       --do things here
5     end 
6 </Script>

See Also¶

Basic use of a trigger in a primitive with Hover Example