Detecting mouse click when other key is pressed

Question

I'm trying to make a game, and I'm using WASD controls. You sometimes need to click while moving, but mouseIsPressed , mousePressed() , and mouseClicked() aren't detecting it.

I just need to detect a click while another key is being pressed.

EXAMPLE CODE:

 function setup() { createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight).mousePressed(function() { console.log("mousePressed"); }); } function draw() { if (keyIsPressed) { console.log("keyIsPressed"); // if you press a key, then click, this is still the only thing being logged } if (mouseIsPressed) { console.log("mouseIsPressed"); } } function mouseClicked() { console.log("mouseClicked"); }

 <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/p5.js/0.6.0/p5.js"></script> <script src="sketch.js"></script> </head> </html>

Answer 1

Here's another simple program that demonstrates the problem:

function setup() {
  createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight);
}

function draw() {
    background(255, 0, 0);
  if (keyIsPressed) {
    text("keyIsPressed", 100, 100);
    }
  if (mouseIsPressed) {
    text("mouseIsPressed", 200, 200);
  }
}

Actually, I think this problem is more general than P5.js. Open another program (I used a basic text editor) and hold a key down, then try to move the mouse. For me, my mouse stopped responding whenever I was holding down a key.

Then I googled "holding key prevents mouse from moving" which had a bunch of results, including this one . It turns out that the problem is caused by using a trackpad instead of a mouse. Apparently trackpads have settings that disable them when a key is pressed.

Using a "real" mouse works perfectly, in your program and in mine. So the solution is to either change your trackpad settings, or to go get a mouse.

Answer 2

In the following code, i can see mouse and key simultaneously

    function setup() {
        createCanvas(100, 100);
        background(51);
    }

    function draw() {
        if (keyIsPressed) {
            if(key=="w"){
                print("w")
            } else if(key=="a"){
                print("a")
            } else if(key=="s"){
                print("s")
            } else if(key=="d"){
                print("d")
            }
            if (mouseIsPressed) {
                print("clic");
            }
        } else if (mouseIsPressed) {
            print("clic")
        }
    }

is this working for you ?

Detecting mouse click when other key is pressed

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Detecting mouse click when other key is pressed

Question

2 answers

solution1 3 ACCPTED 2018-02-18 17:50:08

solution2 -2 2018-02-18 13:09:45

solution1
3 ACCPTED 2018-02-18 17:50:08

solution2
-2 2018-02-18 13:09:45