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Hello!
I have the Area2d object with Sprite and Collision objects under it. I created the script that should listen to the left click of the user and send a log message on action. But it doesn't show the message. I created the input map left-click action. I attached the script to the Area2d object(Deck). Please help)
Code:
extends Area2D
func _input_event(_viewport, event, _shape_idx):
if event.is_action_pressed("left_click"):
print("Deck clicked!")
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did you define an action "left_click" in your project? Such a thing is not a default action.
you can write
if event is InputEventMouseButton and event.button_index == MouseButton.MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT: print("clicky")
yeah, in the Input Map. I have it on screenshot
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confusingly in that screenshot, left_click is defined as a physical right click
were you testing with right click?
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ohhh, but with left mouse it also didn't work
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doesn't matter; with left mouse it is not defined to work
does it work with right click? 🙂
the next thing to try is to check the debugger tab "misc" and see where your event is actually getting dispatched; perhaps a control along the way is on top of the area and eating the click
but certainly as it's currently defined you're only listening for right clicks 🙂
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doesn't matter; with left mouse it is not defined to work
I changed the Input Map to Left Mouse, but it still didn’t work. I also don’t see any logs in Debug -> Misc after clicking the icon.
btw, thank you very much for answering!
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so that's saying "Main" ate your click. Do you have a script there that reacts to clicks, or is it just saying "I couldn't figure out where to send the click"?
consider print(event) (before the if) just to see if any events ever get routed here.
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consider `print(event)` (**before** the if) just to see if any events ever get r...
Nothing is printing out in this case
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ok, so it's not calling your _input_event at all.
Note: _input_event() requires input_pickable to be true and at least one collision_layer bit to be set.
from the docs; is that the case? Show your scene tree too plz.
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yeah, the pickable is set to true in Deck(area2d) object and some layers are there too
btw, the function _input works
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I bet that's true but you actually haven't shown me the layers (they're under Collision)
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Yeah, ignore visibility; that's different!
Anyway. What's mouse filter set to on your Main (the root)?
It's a control -ish property
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