SDL_GetMouseState - Man Page
Query SDL's cache for the synchronous mouse button state and the window-relative SDL-cursor position.
Synopsis
#include <SDL3/SDL_mouse.h> SDL_MouseButtonFlags SDL_GetMouseState(float *x, float *y);
Description
This function returns the cached synchronous state as SDL understands it from the last pump of the event queue.
To query the platform for immediate asynchronous state, use SDL_GetGlobalMouseState.
Passing non-NULL pointers to x or y will write the destination with respective x or y coordinates relative to the focused window.
In Relative Mode, the SDL-cursor's position usually contradicts the platform-cursor's position as manually calculated from SDL_GetGlobalMouseState() and SDL_GetWindowPosition.
Function Parameters
- x
a pointer to receive the SDL-cursor's x-position from the focused window's top left corner, can be NULL if unused.
- y
a pointer to receive the SDL-cursor's y-position from the focused window's top left corner, can be NULL if unused.
Return Value
Returns a 32-bit bitmask of the button state that can be bitwise-compared against the SDL_BUTTON_MASK(X) macro.
Thread Safety
This function should only be called on the main thread.
Availability
This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.
See Also
Referenced By
SDL_GetGlobalMouseState(3), SDL_GetRelativeMouseState(3), SDL_MouseButtonFlags.3type(3).