Re: Mouse.Button , ensure correct right button value

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 at 13:20, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 at 12:59, Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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
>
> No, thanks but it's not good enough as I explained.
>
> If i am holding the right mouse button down and i then press the left
> button then that code will register Mouse.Right is True
> but it was not the button that was just pressed,
> If that makes sense.
>
> Mouse.Right and Mouse.Left are not really button "Click" detection they
> are button "Is Down" detection and the difference is i need to know what
> was just "Clicked" not what is held down.
> I'm thinking something like this...
>
> Private $iRight As Integer = -1
>
> Public Sub Form_MouseDown()
>
>   If $iRight = -1 Then
>   Select Mouse.Button
>     Case 2
>       If Mouse.Right And If Not Mouse.Middle Then $iRight = 2 Else $iRight
> = 3
>     Case 3
>       If Mouse.Right And If Not Mouse.Middle Then $iRight = 3
>   End Select
>   Endif
>
> End
>
> Then once $iRight is not -1 i know exactly what Mouse.Button is right click
>
> Respects
> BruceS
>
Aah , It's Cool ,
I just went to adapt my code and i realized i don't actually need to know.
The game in question is only ever checking Mouse.Button = 1 or Mouse.Button
<> 1
So it does not have the issue i thought it did .. :-\ lol

Thanks anyway.
BruceS