Class VirtualMouseInput
A component that creates a virtual Mouse device and drives its input from gamepad-style inputs. This effectively adds a software mouse cursor.
Inherited Members
Namespace: UnityEngine.InputSystem.UI
Syntax
[AddComponentMenu("Input/Virtual Mouse")]
[HelpURL("https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.7/manual/UISupport.html#virtual-mouse-cursor-control")]
public class VirtualMouseInput : MonoBehaviourRemarks
This component can be used with UIs that are designed for mouse input, i.e. need to be operated with a cursor. By hooking up the InputActions of this component to gamepad input and directing cursorTransform to the UI transform of the cursor, you can use this component to drive an on-screen cursor.
Note that this component does not actually trigger UI input itself. Instead, it creates a virtual Mouse device which can then be picked up elsewhere (such as by InputSystemUIInputModule) where mouse/pointer input is expected.
Also note that if there is a Mouse added by the platform, it is not impacted by this component. More specifically, the system mouse cursor will not be moved or otherwise used by this component.
Input from the component is visible in the same frame as the source input on its actions by virtue of using Change(InputDevice, InputEventPtr, InputUpdateType).
Properties
backButtonAction
Optional button input that determines when forwardButton is pressed on virtualMouse.
Declaration
public InputActionProperty backButtonAction { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| InputActionProperty | Input for forwardButton. |
cursorGraphic
The UI graphic element that represents the mouse cursor.
Declaration
public Graphic cursorGraphic { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| UnityEngine.UI.Graphic | Graphic element for the software mouse cursor. |
Remarks
If cursorMode is set to HardwareCursorIfAvailable, this graphic will be disabled.
Also, this UI component implicitly determines the Canvas that defines the screen area for the cursor.
The canvas that this graphic is on will be looked up using GetComponentInParent and then the Canvas.pixelRect
of the canvas is used as the bounds for the cursor motion range.
See Also
cursorMode
Determines which cursor representation to use. If this is set to SoftwareCursor (the default), then cursorGraphic and cursorTransform define a software cursor that is made to correspond to the position of virtualMouse. If this is set to HardwareCursorIfAvailable and there is a native Mouse device present, the component will take over that mouse device and disable it (so as for it to not also generate position updates). It will then use WarpCursorPosition(Vector2) to move the system mouse cursor to correspond to the position of the virtualMouse. In this case, cursorGraphic will be disabled and cursorTransform will not be updated.
Declaration
public VirtualMouseInput.CursorMode cursorMode { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| VirtualMouseInput.CursorMode | Whether the system mouse cursor (if present) should be made to correspond with the virtual mouse position. |
Remarks
Note that regardless of which mode is used for the cursor, mouse input is expected to be picked up from virtualMouse.
Note that if HardwareCursorIfAvailable is used, the software cursor is still used if no native Mouse device is present.
cursorSpeed
How many pixels per second the cursor travels in one axis when the respective axis from stickAction is 1.
Declaration
public float cursorSpeed { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Single | Mouse speed in pixels per second. |
cursorTransform
Optional transform that will be updated to correspond to the current mouse position.
Declaration
public RectTransform cursorTransform { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| RectTransform | Transform to update with mouse position. |
Remarks
This is useful for having a UI object that directly represents the mouse cursor. Simply add both the
VirtualMouseInput component and an Image
component and hook the RectTransform
component for the UI object into here. The object as a whole will then follow the generated mouse cursor
motion.
forwardButtonAction
Optional button input that determines when forwardButton is pressed on virtualMouse.
Declaration
public InputActionProperty forwardButtonAction { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| InputActionProperty | Input for forwardButton. |
leftButtonAction
Optional button input that determines when leftButton is pressed on virtualMouse.
Declaration
public InputActionProperty leftButtonAction { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| InputActionProperty | Input for leftButton. |
middleButtonAction
Optional button input that determines when middleButton is pressed on virtualMouse.
Declaration
public InputActionProperty middleButtonAction { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| InputActionProperty | Input for middleButton. |
rightButtonAction
Optional button input that determines when rightButton is pressed on virtualMouse.
Declaration
public InputActionProperty rightButtonAction { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| InputActionProperty | Input for rightButton. |
scrollSpeed
Multiplier for values received from scrollWheelAction.
Declaration
public float scrollSpeed { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Single | Multiplier for scroll values. |
scrollWheelAction
Optional Vector2 value input that determines the value of scroll on virtualMouse.
Declaration
public InputActionProperty scrollWheelAction { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| InputActionProperty | Input for scroll. |
Remarks
In case you want to only bind vertical scrolling, simply have a Vector2Composite
with only Up and Down bound and Left and Right deleted or bound to nothing.
stickAction
The Vector2 stick input that drives the mouse cursor, i.e. position on virtualMouse and the anchoredPosition on cursorTransform (if set).
Declaration
public InputActionProperty stickAction { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| InputActionProperty | Stick input that drives cursor position. |
Remarks
This should normally be bound to controls such as leftStick and/or rightStick.
virtualMouse
The virtual mouse device that the component feeds with input.
Declaration
public Mouse virtualMouse { get; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Mouse | Instance of virtual mouse or |
Remarks
This is only initialized after the component has been enabled for the first time. Note that when subsequently disabling the component, the property will continue to return the mouse device but the device will not be added to the system while the component is not enabled.
Methods
OnDisable()
Declaration
protected void OnDisable()OnEnable()
Declaration
protected void OnEnable()