Re: Mouse.Button , ensure correct right button value

[Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Il 02/04/24 12:14, Bruce Steers ha scritto:
> I have been helping someone dealing with a mouse event issue and pointed
> out a possible error in their code.
>
> They were using "If Mouse.Button = 2" to detect a right mouse click.
>
> I said that could be the problem as on my machine right click is
> Mouse.Button = 3
> They replied that no, right click is Mouse.Button  = 2 on their machine.
>
> Meaning my recent game that uses Mouse.Button to detect clicks is
> incorrectly coded as I am assuming right click is 3
>
> So my question would be, is there a way to detect what Mouse.Button
> value a right click will be?
>
> Mouse.Left and Mouse.Right were not good enough as the detection in the
> MouseDown needs to detect the click , and if you left click while
> holding right mouse down then the Mouse.Button will be  1 but Mouse.Left
> and Mouse.Right will both be true so Mouse.Button was a better option.
> But i did not realize the value of right button can change :-\
>
> I'm now thinking of some workarounds but I'm wondering if there may be a
> simple way to obtain the valid Button values .
>
> Respects.
>
> Happy Easter
> BruceS

I don't know if I understand correctly, but could such a thing help?

Public Sub Form_MouseDown()

  If Not Mouse.Right Then Return
  Print "You pressed on the right button!"

End

Regards
Gianluigi