SwipeGesture¶

Properties:

Methods:

The SwipeGesture class represents a swiping motion a finger or tool.

controller.EnableGesture (Gesture.GestureType.TYPE_SWIPE);

Public Functions

SwipeGesture(Gesture rhs)

Constructs a SwipeGesture object from an instance of the Gesture class.

if (gesture.Type == Gesture.GestureType.TYPE_SWIPE) {
    SwipeGesture swipeGesture = new SwipeGesture (gesture);
}

Parameters

• rhs -

  The Gesture instance to specialize. This Gesture instance must be a SwipeGesture object.

Property

Vector Direction

The unit direction vector parallel to the swipe motion.

Vector swipeDirection = swipe.Direction;

You can compare the components of the vector to classify the swipe as appropriate for your application. For example, if you are using swipes for two dimensional scrolling, you can compare the x and y values to determine if the swipe is primarily horizontal or vertical.

Return

Vector The unit direction vector representing the swipe motion.

Pointable Pointable

The finger performing the swipe gesture.

Pointable swiper = swipe.Pointable;

Return

Pointable A Pointable object representing the swiping finger.

Vector Position

The current position of the swipe.

Vector currentSwipePosition = swipe.Position;

Return

Vector The current swipe position within the Leap Motion frame of reference, in mm.

float Speed

The swipe speed in mm/second.

float currentSwipeSpeed = swipe.Speed;

Return

float The speed of the finger performing the swipe gesture in millimeters per second.

Vector StartPosition

The position where the swipe began.

Vector swipeStart = swipe.StartPosition;

Return

Vector The starting position within the Leap Motion frame of reference, in mm.

Public Static Functions

Gesture.GestureType ClassType()

The swipe gesture type.

if (gesture.Type == SwipeGesture.ClassType ()) {
    SwipeGesture swipeGesture = new SwipeGesture (gesture);
}

Return

Type The type value designating a swipe gesture.