.. include:: common.txt

:mod:`pygame.mouse`
===================

.. module:: pygame.mouse
   :synopsis: pygame module to work with the mouse

| :sl:`pygame module to work with the mouse`

The mouse functions can be used to get the current state of the mouse device.
These functions can also alter the system cursor for the mouse.

When the display mode is set, the event queue will start receiving mouse
events. The mouse buttons generate ``pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN`` and
``pygame.MOUSEBUTTONUP`` events when they are pressed and released. These
events contain a button attribute representing which button was pressed. The
mouse wheel will generate ``pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN`` and 
``pygame.MOUSEBUTTONUP`` events when rolled. The button will be set to 4 
when the wheel is rolled up, and to button 5 when the wheel is rolled down. 
Whenever the mouse is moved it generates a ``pygame.MOUSEMOTION`` event. The 
mouse movement is broken into small and accurate motion events. As the mouse 
is moving many motion events will be placed on the queue. Mouse motion events 
that are not properly cleaned from the event queue are the primary reason the 
event queue fills up.

If the mouse cursor is hidden, and input is grabbed to the current display the
mouse will enter a virtual input mode, where the relative movements of the
mouse will never be stopped by the borders of the screen. See the functions
``pygame.mouse.set_visible()`` and ``pygame.event.set_grab()`` to get this
configured.


**Mouse Wheel Behavior in pygame 2**

There is proper functionality for mouse wheel behaviour with pygame 2 supporting
``pygame.MOUSEWHEEL`` events.  The new events support horizontal and vertical 
scroll movements, with signed integer values representing the amount scrolled 
(``x`` and ``y``), as well as ``flipped`` direction (the set positive and 
negative values for each axis is flipped). Read more about SDL2 
input-related changes here `<https://wiki.libsdl.org/MigrationGuide#input>`_

In pygame 2, the mouse wheel functionality can be used by listening for the 
``pygame.MOUSEWHEEL`` type of an event (Bear in mind they still emit 
``pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN`` events like in pygame 1.x, as well).
When this event is triggered, a developer can access the appropriate ``Event`` object 
with ``pygame.event.get()``. The object can be used to access data about the mouse 
scroll, such as ``which`` (it will tell you what exact mouse device trigger the event).

.. code-block:: python
   :caption: Code example of mouse scroll (tested on 2.0.0.dev7)
   :name: test.py

   # Taken from husano896's PR thread (slightly modified)
   import pygame
   from pygame.locals import *
   pygame.init()
   screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 480))
   clock = pygame.time.Clock()
   
   def main():
      while True:
         for event in pygame.event.get():
               if event.type == QUIT:
                  pygame.quit()
                  return
               elif event.type == MOUSEWHEEL:
                  print(event) 
                  print(event.x, event.y)
                  print(event.flipped)
                  print(event.which)
                  # can access properties with 
                  # proper notation(ex: event.y)
         clock.tick(60)

   # Execute game:
   main()

.. function:: get_pressed

   | :sl:`get the state of the mouse buttons`
   | :sg:`get_pressed(num_buttons=3) -> (button1, button2, button3)`
   | :sg:`get_pressed(num_buttons=5) -> (button1, button2, button3, button4, button5)`

   Returns a sequence of booleans representing the state of all the mouse
   buttons. A true value means the mouse is currently being pressed at the time
   of the call.

   Note, to get all of the mouse events it is better to use either 
   ``pygame.event.wait()`` or ``pygame.event.get()`` and check all of those 
   events to see if they are ``MOUSEBUTTONDOWN``, ``MOUSEBUTTONUP``, or
   ``MOUSEMOTION``.

   Note, that on ``X11`` some X servers use middle button emulation. When you
   click both buttons ``1`` and ``3`` at the same time a ``2`` button event 
   can be emitted.

   Note, remember to call ``pygame.event.get()`` before this function.
   Otherwise it will not work as expected.

   To support five button mice, an optional parameter ``num_buttons`` has been 
   added in pygame 2. When this is set to ``5``, ``button4`` and ``button5`` 
   are added to the returned tuple. Only ``3`` and ``5`` are valid values 
   for this parameter.
   
   .. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 ``num_buttons`` argument added

   .. ## pygame.mouse.get_pressed ##

.. function:: get_pos

   | :sl:`get the mouse cursor position`
   | :sg:`get_pos() -> (x, y)`

   Returns the ``x`` and ``y`` position of the mouse cursor. The position is
   relative to the top-left corner of the display. The cursor position can be
   located outside of the display window, but is always constrained to the
   screen.

   .. ## pygame.mouse.get_pos ##

.. function:: get_rel

   | :sl:`get the amount of mouse movement`
   | :sg:`get_rel() -> (x, y)`

   Returns the amount of movement in ``x`` and ``y`` since the previous call to
   this function. The relative movement of the mouse cursor is constrained to
   the edges of the screen, but see the virtual input mouse mode for a way
   around this. Virtual input mode is described at the top of the page.

   .. ## pygame.mouse.get_rel ##

.. function:: set_pos

   | :sl:`set the mouse cursor position`
   | :sg:`set_pos([x, y]) -> None`

   Set the current mouse position to arguments given. If the mouse cursor is
   visible it will jump to the new coordinates. Moving the mouse will generate
   a new ``pygame.MOUSEMOTION`` event.

   .. ## pygame.mouse.set_pos ##

.. function:: set_visible

   | :sl:`hide or show the mouse cursor`
   | :sg:`set_visible(bool) -> bool`

   If the bool argument is true, the mouse cursor will be visible. This will
   return the previous visible state of the cursor.

   .. ## pygame.mouse.set_visible ##

.. function:: get_visible

   | :sl:`get the current visibility state of the mouse cursor`
   | :sg:`get_visible() -> bool`

   Get the current visibility state of the mouse cursor. ``True`` if the mouse is
   visible, ``False`` otherwise.

   .. versionadded:: 2.0.0

   .. ## pygame.mouse.get_visible ##

.. function:: get_focused

   | :sl:`check if the display is receiving mouse input`
   | :sg:`get_focused() -> bool`

   Returns true when pygame is receiving mouse input events (or, in windowing
   terminology, is "active" or has the "focus").

   This method is most useful when working in a window. By contrast, in
   full-screen mode, this method always returns true.

   Note: under ``MS`` Windows, the window that has the mouse focus also has the
   keyboard focus. But under X-Windows, one window can receive mouse events and
   another receive keyboard events. ``pygame.mouse.get_focused()`` indicates
   whether the pygame window receives mouse events.

   .. ## pygame.mouse.get_focused ##

.. function:: set_cursor

   | :sl:`set the mouse cursor to a new cursor`
   | :sg:`set_cursor(pygame.cursors.Cursor) -> None`
   | :sg:`set_cursor(size, hotspot, xormasks, andmasks) -> None`
   | :sg:`set_cursor(hotspot, surface) -> None`
   | :sg:`set_cursor(constant) -> None`

   Set the mouse cursor to something new. This function accepts either an explicit
   ``Cursor`` object or arguments to create a ``Cursor`` object.

   See :class:`pygame.cursors.Cursor` for help creating cursors and for examples.

   .. versionchanged:: 2.0.1

   .. ## pygame.mouse.set_cursor ##


.. function:: get_cursor

   | :sl:`get the current mouse cursor`
   | :sg:`get_cursor() -> pygame.cursors.Cursor`

   Get the information about the mouse system cursor. The return value contains
   the same data as the arguments passed into :func:`pygame.mouse.set_cursor()`.

   .. note:: Code that unpacked a get_cursor() call into 
             ``size, hotspot, xormasks, andmasks`` will still work,
	     assuming the call returns an old school type cursor.

   .. versionchanged:: 2.0.1

   .. ## pygame.mouse.get_cursor ##

.. ## pygame.mouse ##