Animation not working

Unity Engine
1

Hey guys im trying to make my animation work for my 3d game but for some reason it’s not working please help me:

This is my code and for some reason if i use: if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) then my animation doesn’t play at all but if i use: if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D)) then my animation works but for some reason it only works when i hold “D” please let me know what iam doing wrong and how i can make my animation work when i press my Right mouse button

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class chop : MonoBehaviour {

    private Animator anim;
    public bool Chopping;

    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
        anim = gameObject.GetComponent<Animator>();
    }
   
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update () {
        anim.SetBool("Chopping", Chopping);
    }

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            Debug.Log("Pressed mouse button.");
            Chopping = true;
            anim.SetBool("Chopping", true);
            anim.Play("Chop");
        }

        if (!Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            Chopping = false;
            anim.SetBool("Chop", false);
        }
    }
}
2

I found out by removing “Down” From (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) fixed a little bit but the problem that i have rn is that my if else state so:
else if (!Input.GetMouseButton(0))
{
Chopping = false;
}
Is blocking the animation from playing… the only way it will play now is by holding my mouse button but i want my animation to play when i just press it once that let it play and then go back to idle

3

Use a trigger instead of a bool.