love.mousepressed

Callback function triggered when a mouse button is pressed.

Function

Synopsis

love.mousepressed( x, y, button )

Arguments

number x
Mouse x position.
number y
Mouse y position.
MouseConstant button
Mouse button pressed.

Returns

Nothing.

Examples

Position a string ("Text") wherever the user left-clicks.

function love.load()
   printx = 0
   printy = 0
end
function love.draw()
   love.graphics.print("Text", printx, printy)
end
function love.mousepressed(x, y, button)
   if button == "l" then -- this is the lowercase letter L, not a one (1)
      printx = x
      printy = y
   end
end

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