Futurebasic/Language/Reference/mouse
MOUSE(_down)
[edit | edit source]Syntax
[edit | edit source]buttonStatus = MOUSE(_down)
Description
[edit | edit source]If your program does not do any kind of event-trapping using the HANDLEEVENTS
statement, then you can use the MOUSE(_down)
function to determine whether the mouse button is currently down. In these circumstances, MOUSE(_down)
returns _zTrue
is the button is down, or _false
otherwise.
The MOUSE(_down)
function will not work if your program traps events using HANDLEEVENTS
. Since most well-designed programs trap events this way, the MOUSE(_down)
function is probably of limited usefulness. See the <a href="mouse%20event.html">MOUSE <event></a>
functions to learn how to respond to mouse clicks using event trapping.
Note:
You can also use the Toolbox function FN BUTTON
to determine whether the mouse is currently down. FN BUTTON
works regardless of whether your program uses event trapping.
See Also
[edit | edit source]MOUSE <position>; MOUSE <event>; ON MOUSE