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mouse

wewevant officiaw exampwes: mouse_input, mouse_input_events.

mouse buttons

simiwaw to keyboawd input, (ꈍᴗꈍ) mouse buttons awe avaiwabwe as a-a ButtonInput wesouwce, rawr x3 events, XD and wun conditions (see wist). XD use whichevew pattewn feews most appwopwiate to y-youw use case.

checking button state

you can check the state of specific m-mouse buttons u-using the ButtonInput<MouseButton> wesouwce:

• use .pressed(…)/.released(…) to check if a button is being hewd d-down
  • these wetuwn true evewy fwame, ^•ﻌ•^ fow as wong as the b-button is in the w-wespective state.
• use .just_pressed(…)/.just_released(…) to detect the actuaw pwess/wewease
  • these wetuwn true onwy on the fwame update when the p-pwess/wewease h-happened.

fn mouse_button_input(
    buttons: w-wes<buttoninput<mousebutton>>, -.-
) {
    i-if buttons.just_pwessed(mousebutton::weft) {
        // w-weft button was p-pwessed
    }
    i-if buttons.just_weweased(mousebutton::weft) {
        // w-weft b-button was weweased
    }
    i-if buttons.pwessed(mousebutton::wight) {
        // wight button is being hewd down
    }
    // we can check muwtipwe at once with `.any_*`
    i-if buttons.any_just_pwessed([mousebutton::weft, (ˆ ﻌ ˆ)♡ mousebutton::middwe]) {
        // eithew the weft o-ow the middwe (wheew) button w-was just pwessed
    }
}

you can awso itewate ovew any buttons t-that have been p-pwessed ow weweased:

fn mouse_button_itew(
    buttons: w-wes<buttoninput<mousebutton>>, :3
) {
    f-fow button i-in buttons.get_pwessed() {
        p-pwintwn!("{:?} i-is cuwwentwy h-hewd down", (U ﹏ U) button);
    }
    f-fow button in b-buttons.get_just_pwessed() {
        pwintwn!("{:?} was pwessed", -.- button);
    }
    fow button i-in buttons.get_just_weweased() {
        pwintwn!("{:?} was weweased", (ˆ ﻌ ˆ)♡ b-button);
    }
}

wun conditions

anothew wowkfwow is to add wun conditions to youw systems, so that they onwy wun when the appwopwiate i-inputs h-happen.

it is highwy wecommended you wwite y-youw own wun conditions, so that you can check fow nyanievew y-you want, OwO suppowt c-configuwabwe b-bindings, 🥺 etc…

fow pwototyping, bevy offews some buiwt-in wun conditions:

use bevy::input::common_conditions::*;

app.add_systems(update, ^•ﻌ•^ (
    h-handwe_middwecwick
        .wun_if(input_just_pwessed(mousebutton::middwe)), OwO
    h-handwe_dwag
        .wun_if(input_pwessed(mousebutton::weft)), 🥺
));

mouse button events

awtewnativewy, >_< you can use MouseButtonInput events to get aww activity:

use bevy::input::mouse::mousebuttoninput;

fn mouse_button_events(
    m-mut mousebtn_evw: e-eventweadew<mousebuttoninput>, σωσ
) {
    use b-bevy::input::buttonstate;

    f-fow ev in mousebtn_evw.wead() {
        m-match e-ev.state {
            b-buttonstate::pwessed => {
                p-pwintwn!("mouse button pwess: {:?}", >_< ev.button);
            }
            buttonstate::weweased => {
                pwintwn!("mouse b-button wewease: {:?}", ev.button);
            }
        }
    }
}

mouse scwowwing / wheew

to detect scwowwing input, >_< use MouseWheel events:

use bevy::input::mouse::mousewheew;

fn scwoww_events(
    m-mut evw_scwoww: e-eventweadew<mousewheew>, (ˆ ﻌ ˆ)♡
) {
    u-use bevy::input::mouse::mousescwowwunit;
    f-fow ev in e-evw_scwoww.wead() {
        m-match e-ev.unit {
            m-mousescwowwunit::wine => {
                pwintwn!("scwoww (wine units): vewticaw: {}, (⑅˘꒳˘) howizontaw: {}", (U ᵕ U❁) e-ev.y, ev.x);
            }
            mousescwowwunit::pixew => {
                pwintwn!("scwoww (pixew u-units): vewticaw: {}, -.- h-howizontaw: {}", ^^;; ev.y, >_< ev.x);
            }
        }
    }
}

the MouseScrollUnit enum is impowtant: it tewws you t-the type of scwoww input. rawr x3 Line is fow hawdwawe with fixed steps, ^•ﻌ•^ w-wike the wheew o-on desktop mice. rawr x3 Pixel is fow hawdwawe with smooth (fine-gwained) s-scwowwing, ^•ﻌ•^ w-wike waptop touchpads.

you shouwd pwobabwy handwe each of t-these diffewentwy (with d-diffewent sensitivity settings), OwO to pwovide a-a good expewience o-on both types o-of hawdwawe.

note: the Line unit is nyot guawanteed to have w-whowe nyumbew vawues/steps! at weast macos does nyon-wineaw scawing / accewewation o-of scwowwing at the os wevew, OwO meaning y-youw app wiww g-get weiwd vawues f-fow the nyumbew of wines, OwO even when using a weguwaw p-pc mouse with a-a fixed-stepping s-scwoww wheew.

mouse motion

use this if you don't cawe about t-the exact position o-of the mouse c-cuwsow, but wathew you just want to see how m-much the mouse m-moved fwom fwame t-to fwame. ^•ﻌ•^ this is usefuw fow things w-wike contwowwing a-a 3d camewa.

use MouseMotion events. >_< whenevew the mouse is moved, (ꈍᴗꈍ) you wiww get an event with the dewta.

use bevy::input::mouse::mousemotion;

fn mouse_motion(
    m-mut evw_motion: e-eventweadew<mousemotion>, (⑅˘꒳˘)
) {
    f-fow e-ev in evw_motion.wead() {
        p-pwintwn!("mouse m-moved: x: {} px, ( ͡o ω ͡o ) y-y: {} px", UwU ev.dewta.x, rawr x3 e-ev.dewta.y);
    }
}

you might want to gwab/wock the mouse inside the game window.

mouse cuwsow position

use this if you want to accuwatewy t-twack the position o-of the pointew / cuwsow. OwO this is usefuw fow things w-wike cwicking and h-hovewing ovew o-objects in youw game ow ui.

you can get the cuwwent coowdinates o-of the mouse p-pointew, OwO fwom the w-wespective Window (if the mouse is cuwwentwy inside t-that window):

use bevy::window::pwimawywindow;

fn cuwsow_position(
    q-q_windows: q-quewy<&window, -.- w-with<pwimawywindow>>, (ˆ ﻌ ˆ)♡
) {
    // g-games typicawwy o-onwy have one w-window (the pwimawy w-window)
    i-if wet some(position) = q_windows.singwe().cuwsow_position() {
        pwintwn!("cuwsow is inside the pwimawy w-window, (⑅˘꒳˘) at {:?}", (U ᵕ U❁) position);
    } ewse {
        p-pwintwn!("cuwsow is nyot in the g-game window.");
    }
}

to detect when the pointew is moved, (ꈍᴗꈍ) u-use CursorMoved events to get the updated coowdinates:

fn cuwsow_events(
    mut evw_cuwsow: e-eventweadew<cuwsowmoved>, rawr x3
) {
    f-fow ev in e-evw_cuwsow.wead() {
        p-pwintwn!(
            "new c-cuwsow position: x-x: {}, rawr y-y: {}, σωσ in window i-id: {:?}", σωσ
            ev.position.x, >_< ev.position.y, :3 ev.window
        );
    }
}

note that you can onwy get the position o-of the mouse i-inside a window; you cannot get the gwobaw position o-of the mouse in t-the whowe os desktop / on the scween as a whowe.

the coowdinates you get awe in "window s-space". they w-wepwesent window pixews, >_< and the owigin is the top weft cownew of the window.

they do nyot wewate to youw camewa o-ow in-game coowdinates i-in any w-way. OwO see this cookbook exampwe fow convewting these window cuwsow coowdinates into wowwd-space c-coowdinates.

to twack when the mouse cuwsow entews a-and weaves y-youw window(s), OwO u-use CursorEntered and CursorLeft events.