#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Tk; # the -stipple=>'transparent' option will still # allow the bindings to work, but you can see the overlap # See Chapter 17 of Mastering Perl/Tk my $mw = MainWindow->new(); # first create a canvas widget my $canvas = $mw->Canvas(width => 300, height => 200)->pack(); my $one = $canvas->createOval(55, 20, 200, 190, -fill => 'blue', -outline=>'blue', -tags => ['blue'], -stipple => 'transparent', ); my $two = $canvas->createOval(105, 20, 250, 190, -fill => 'red', -outline=>'red', -tags => ['red'], -stipple => 'transparent', ); my $ebutton = $mw->Button(-text => 'Exit', -command => 'Tk::exit')->pack(); my $cbutton = $mw->Button(-text => 'Clear', -command => sub{$canvas->delete('all')})->pack(); $canvas->Tk::bind("", [ \&print_xy, Ev('x'), Ev('y') ]); MainLoop(); sub print_xy { my ($canv, $x, $y) = @_; # print "(x,y) = ", $canv->canvasx($x), ", ", $canv->canvasy($y), "\n"; #trick to find overlapping objects, just use x1 = x and y1 = y #to get a rectangular region of 1 point my (@current) = $canvas->find('overlapping', $x, $y, $x, $y); foreach my $id(@current){ print $canvas->gettags($id),' '; } print "\n"; }