jQuery: Detecting pressed mouse button during mousemove event

Question

I tried to detect which mouse button -if any- is the user pressing during a mousemove event under jQuery, but I\'m getting ambiguous results:

no button press         


        

Answer 1

For users looking for similar solution but without the use of JQuery, here is a way of how I solved my problem:

    canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", updatePosition_mouseNtouch);

    function updatePosition_mouseNtouch (evt) {
      // IF mouse is down THEN set button press flag
      if(evt.which === 1)
        leftButtonDown = true;
      // If you need to detect other buttons, then make this here
      // ... else if(evt.which === 2) middleButtonDown = true;
      // ... else if(evt.which === 3) rightButtonDown = true;
      // IF no mouse button is pressed THEN reset press flag(s)
      else
        leftButtonDown = false;

      if (leftButtonDown) {
        /* do some stuff */
      }
    }

I hope this is usefull to someone seeking an answer.