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Name

mouseClicked()

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

int value = 0;

void draw() {
  fill(value);
  rect(25, 25, 50, 50);
}

void mouseClicked() {
  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
mouseClicked()
mouseClicked(event)
Returnsvoid
RelatedmouseX
mouseY
pmouseX
pmouseY
mousePressed
mousePressed()
mouseReleased()
mouseMoved()
mouseDragged()
mouseButton
mouseWheel()
Updated on January 1, 2021 03:38:06am EST