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getButton()

Description

Reports the status of the requested mouse button.

Syntax

mouse.getButton(button)

Parameters

button : which mouse button is being requested. Can be one of the following :

• LEFT_BUTTON
• RIGHT_BUTTON
• MIDDLE_BUTTON

Returns

boolean : true if the requested button is pressed, false if it is not pressed.

Example

#include <MouseController.h> // Initialize USB Controller
USBHost usb; // Attach mouse controller to USB
MouseController mouse(usb) ; // This function intercepts mouse button press
void mousePressed( ) {
  Serial.print ( "Pressed: " ) ;
  if (mouse.getButton (LEFT_BUTTON) )
    Serial.print ( "L" ) ;
  if (mouse.getButton (MIDDLE_BUTTON) )
    Serial.print ( "M" ) ;
  if (mouse.getButton (RIGHT_BUTTON) )
    Serial.print ( "R" ) ;
  Serial.println ( ) ;
} void setup ( ) {
  Serial.begin ( 9600 ) ;
} void loop ( ) {
  usb.Task ( ) ;
}

See Also

• mousePressed()
• mouseReleased()
• MouseController example

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