Name

mouseClicked()

Examples
# Click within the image to change 
# the value of the rectangle after
# after the mouse has been clicked

value = 0

def draw(): 
    fill(value)
    rect(25, 25, 50, 50)

def mouseClicked(): 
    global value
    if value == 0:
        value = 255
    else:
        value = 0
Description The mouseClicked() function is called after a mouse button has been pressed and then released.

Mouse and keyboard events only work when a program has draw(). Without draw(), the code is only run once and then stops listening for events.
Syntax
def mouseClicked():
    statements

def mouseClicked(event):
    statements
Parameters
eventMouseEvent: the MouseEvent
Related mouseX
mouseY
pmouseX
pmouseY
mousePressed
mousePressed()
mouseReleased()
mouseMoved()
mouseDragged()
mouseButton
mouseWheel()

Updated on Tue Feb 27 14:07:12 2024.

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