Detect mouse clicks anywhere on the screen except given gameobject

Questions & Answers
1

I have two gameobjects with scripts attached to them. In first script, I’ve implemented OnMouseDown() so the script reacts when user is clicking that object. And I want second object to react when i’m clicking elsewhere on the screen. I’ve tried Input.GetMouseButtonDown() but that doesn’t seem to work, because in this case second script runs even if i click first object.

2

You could use a boolean that is set to true or false depending on whether the mouse is on the object. Something like:

var MouseOnObject : boolean = false;

function OnMouseEnter() {

MouseOnObject = true;

}

function OnMouseExit() {

MouseOnObject = false;

}


function Update () {

  if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1") && !MouseOnObject)
  {
  //clicked elsewhere on screen
  }

}

This should work but give it a try and let me know :slight_smile:

3

this post is quite old but, but still useful i changed the code a bit and for C# it works like a charm

using UnityEngine.EventSystems;

public class DisableGameObjectClickedOut : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler
{

    bool MouseOnObject = false;

    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData pointerEventData)
    {
        MouseOnObject = true;

    }
    public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData pointerEventData)
    {
        MouseOnObject = false;
    }


    void Update()
    {

        if ((Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) && (!MouseOnObject))
        {
            this.gameObject.SetActive(false);
        }

    }

}