# Navigation and Input Handlers

HOOPS Envision for Desktop has built in support for manipulating the camera from input events (typically mouse interaction).

The `Camera` has an input handler, `CameraInputHandler`, that handles user input (mouse and keyboard events) and manipulates the camera based on these events. This is used to move the camera around the scene to inspect the model.

HOOPS Envision for Desktop provides two default Input Handlers:

- `CameraInputHandlerZoom`: Envision style zoom navigation. This is the default navigation handler.
- `CameraInputHandlerWalk`: Envision style walk navigation.

The built-in navigation schemes are using Pan on left mouse button, Rotate on right mouse button and Zoom/Walk on mouse wheel (or both left and right mouse buttons).

The easiest way to add a custom navigation scheme is to derive from the `CameraInputHandler` class and override the `navigationTypeFromInputState()` method. The `navigationTypeFromInputState()` method should return the wanted navigation type (PAN, ROTATE, WALK, ZOOM) based on the mouse and keyboard input state.

The `wheelNavigationType()` determines the use of the mouse wheel. Usually WALK or ZOOM.

In more advanced cases the user can also override the `mousePressEvent()`, `mouseMoveEvent()`, `mouseReleaseEvent()` and `wheelEvent()` methods and create a fully custom user experience.

Example Custom Input Handler

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // A custom input handler implementing our navigation scheme
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    class MyInputHandler : public cee::vis::CameraInputHandler
    {
    protected:

        // Determine the navigation type from the given input state
        // Out custom scheme uses the left mouse button for navigation (reserving the right for e.g. context menu).
        // - Left button + CTRL = PAN
        // - Left button + Shift = Rotate
        // - Left button + CTRL and Shift = Zoom
        // - Mouse wheel = zoom
        virtual NavigationType  navigationTypeFromInputState(cee::vis::MouseButtons mouseButtons, cee::vis::KeyboardModifiers keyboardModifiers) const
        {
            if (mouseButtons == cee::vis::LeftButton && keyboardModifiers == cee::vis::ControlModifier)
            {
                return PAN;
            }
            else if (mouseButtons == cee::vis::LeftButton && keyboardModifiers == cee::vis::ShiftModifier)
            {
                return ROTATE;
            }
            else if ((mouseButtons == cee::vis::LeftButton) && (keyboardModifiers == (cee::vis::ControlModifier | cee::vis::ShiftModifier)))
            {
                return ZOOM;
            }

            return NONE;
        }

        // Zoom for the mouse wheel
        virtual NavigationType wheelNavigationType() const
        {
            return CameraInputHandler::ZOOM;
        }
    };

Connecting Your Own Custom Input Handler

    // Setup the camera to use our own custom navigation input handler
    m_view->camera().setInputHandler(new MyInputHandler);

Tutorial

| Visualization: Create a Custom Navigation Handler to Support a Custom Navigation Scheme

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