MouseDown (button)

Parameters

button = 1: Left Button, 2: Right Button, 3: Middle Button

Description

This command (and its counterparts KeyDown and JoyDown) is used to detect if a mouse button is being held down. You must check for each mouse button independantly with its corresponding number (unlike KeyDown which returns WHICH key is being held down). Also see MouseHit.

Example

; MouseDown Example

; Until user presses ESC, show the mouse button pressed
While Not KeyHit(1)
button$="No"
If MouseDown(1) Then button$="Left"
If MouseDown(2) Then button$="Right"
If MouseDown(3) Then button$="Middle"

Print button$ + " mouse button pressed!"
Wend

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