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Name | ### mousePressed
Examples |
    // Click within the image to change
    // the value of the rectangle
    void draw() {
      if (mousePressed == true) {
        fill(0);
      } else {
        fill(255);
      }
      rect(25, 25, 50, 50);
    }
Description | The mousePressed variable stores whether or not a mouse button is currently being pressed. The value is true when any mouse button is pressed, and false if no button is pressed. The mouseButton variable (see the related reference entry) can be used to determine which button has been pressed.
Related | mouseX mouseY pmouseX pmouseY mousePressed() mouseReleased() mouseClicked() mouseMoved() mouseDragged() mouseButton mouseWheel()

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:02pm PDT