love.mousemoved

Available since LÖVE 0.9.2
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Callback function triggered when the mouse is moved.

Function

Synopsis

love.mousemoved( x, y, dx, dy, istouch )

Arguments

number x
The mouse position on the x-axis.
number y
The mouse position on the y-axis.
number dx
The amount moved along the x-axis since the last time love.mousemoved was called.
number dy
The amount moved along the y-axis since the last time love.mousemoved was called.
Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
boolean istouch
True if the mouse button press originated from a touchscreen touch-press.

Returns

Nothing.

Notes

If Relative Mode is enabled for the mouse, the dx and dy arguments of this callback will update but x and y are not guaranteed to.


Examples

Position a string ("Text") wherever the mouse, also the delta x and y.

function love.load()
	printx = 0
	printy = 0
	printdx = 0
	printdy = 0
end

function love.draw()
	love.graphics.print("Text", printx, printy)
	love.graphics.print('dx: '..printdx .. ' dy: '.. printdy, 0, 0)
end

function love.mousemoved( x, y, dx, dy, istouch )
	printx = x
	printy = y
	printdx = dx
	printdy = dy
end

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