# StyleSwitch

VTKExamples/Cxx/Interaction/StyleSwitch

### Description

The class vtkInteractorStyleSwitch allows handles interactively switching between four interactor styles -- joystick actor, joystick camera, trackball actor, and trackball camera. Type 'j' or 't' to select joystick or trackball, and type 'c' or 'a' to select camera or actor. The default interactor style is joystick camera.

### Code

StyleSwitch.cxx

    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
    #include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
    #include <vtkActor.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
    #include <vtkRenderer.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
    #include <vtkPolyData.h>
    #include <vtkSphereSource.h>
    #include <vtkInteractorStyleSwitch.h>

    int main (int, char *[])
    {

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();

      // Create a mapper and actor
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
      mapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
      actor->SetMapper(mapper);

      // A renderer and render window
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
      renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);

      // An interactor
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
      renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

      // Add the actors to the scene
      renderer->AddActor(actor);
      renderer->SetBackground(1,1,1); // Background color white

      // Render
      renderWindow->Render();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleSwitch> style =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleSwitch>::New();

      renderWindowInteractor->SetInteractorStyle( style );

      // Begin mouse interaction
      renderWindowInteractor->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(StyleSwitch)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(StyleSwitch MACOSX_BUNDLE StyleSwitch.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(StyleSwitch ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build StyleSwitch

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Click here to download StyleSwitch and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball StyleSwitch.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd StyleSwitch/build

If VTK is installed:

    cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

    cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

    make

and run it:

    ./StyleSwitch

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.