is an option to EventHandler which specifies whether events handled by a particular event handler should be passed down to event handlers nested inside.
PassEventsDown
is an option to EventHandler which specifies whether events handled by a particular event handler should be passed down to event handlers nested inside.
Details
- Possible settings are:
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True pass all events downFalse pass no events downAutomatic pass events down only to explicit EventHandler constructs
- The setting PassEventsDown->Automatic prevents events from being passed to built-in event handlers in the Wolfram System front end that implement operations such as editing.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
By default, EventHandler intercepts the specified event:
Setting PassEventsDown allows graphics editing to receive mouse events:
See Also
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), PassEventsDown, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PassEventsDown.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "PassEventsDown." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PassEventsDown.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). PassEventsDown. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PassEventsDown.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_passeventsdown, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PassEventsDown}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PassEventsDown.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_passeventsdown, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PassEventsDown}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PassEventsDown.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}