love.mouse.getPosition

love.mouse.getPosition

Returns the current position of the mouse.

Function

Synopsis

x, y = love.mouse.getPosition( )

Arguments

None.

Returns

number x

The position of the mouse along the x-axis.

number y

The position of the mouse along the y-axis.

Examples

Use getPosition to help draw a custom mouse image

function love.load()
   love.mouse.setVisible(false) -- make default mouse invisible
   img = love.graphics.newImage("mouse.png") -- load in a custom mouse image
end
function love.draw()
   local x, y = love.mouse.getPosition() -- get the position of the mouse
   love.graphics.draw(img, x, y) -- draw the custom mouse image
end

See Also

• love.mouse
• love.mouse.getX
• love.mouse.getY