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Modules
love.graphics love.audio love.physics love.mouse love.keyboard love.joystick love.filesystem love.timer love.system
Callbacks
load update draw mousepressed mousereleased keypressed keyreleased joystickpressed joystickreleased
Miscellaneous
Constants Config Files Example List
Function
love.mouse.getPosition( )
Gets the current x- and y-position of the mouse in one call. Since getting the mouse position (along both axes) is a fairly common task, this func was created to make it prettier.
Synopsis
x, y = love.mouse.getPosition( )
Arguments
(None)
Returns
number The current x position.
number The current y position.
Examples
Example 2: Getting the mouse position
  1. -- Example: Getting the mouse position 
  2.  
  3. function load() 
  4.     local f = love.graphics.newFont(love.default_font, 14) 
  5.     love.graphics.setFont(f) 
  6. end 
  7.  
  8. function draw() 
  9.     -- Gets the x- and y-position of the mouse. 
  10.     local x, y = love.mouse.getPosition() 
  11.     -- Draws the position on screen. 
  12.     love.graphics.draw("The mouse is at (" .. x .. "," .. y .. ")", 50, 50) 
  13. end 
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