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Name

mouseDragged()
Examples
// Drag (click and hold) your mouse across the 
// image to change the value of the rectangle

int value = 0;

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

void mouseDragged() 
{
  value = value + 5;
  if (value > 255) {
    value = 0;
  }
}
Description The mouseDragged() function is called once every time the mouse moves while a mouse button is pressed. (If a button is not being pressed, mouseMoved() is called instead.)

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

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