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p5.js | Mouse | pmouseY

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The pmouseY variable in p5.js is used to store the vertical position of the mouse cursor in the frame previous to the current active frame, relative to the origin of the canvas.

Syntax:

pmouseY

Below programs illustrate the pmouseY variable in p5.js:

Example 1: This example uses pmouseY variable to draw mouse pointer as circle.




function setup() {
  
    // Create canvas
    createCanvas(1000, 400);
}
   
function draw() {
      
    // Set the background color
    background(244, 248, 252);
      
    // Fill color relative pmouseX,
    // pmouseY and mouseY
    fill(pmouseX%255, pmouseY%255, mouseY%255);
      
    // Draw circle 
    circle(mouseX, pmouseY, pmouseX%100);
}


Output:

Example 2: This example uses pmouseY variable to display the position of mouse pointer.




function setup() {
      
    // Create canvas
    createCanvas(1000, 400);
      
    // Set font size
    textSize(20);
}
   
function draw() {
      
    // Set background color
    background(200);
      
    // Display result
    text("Position of pmouseY is "
        + pmouseY, 30, 40);
}


Output:

Reference: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/pmouseY



Last Updated : 22 Apr, 2019
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