EventSystem.current.IsPointerOverGameObject() for UIToolkit ?

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In the old UI system we have EventSystem.current.IsPointerOverGameObject() to check if mouse is on a UI element. Is there anything similar for UIToolkit?

My goal: When I click on UI I need to ignore the click in other parts of the game.

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visualElement.ContainsPoint(Input.mousePosition)

seems to work, but is not perfect.

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To clarify, it works in most cases. Just run ContainsPoint on the root VisualElement. But in my case I have a panel on the left and one on the right with space between (using Align > Justify Content: space-between). Running ContainsPoint on the root returns true in the space between as well as in the panels.

I’ll just run ContainsPoint on each panel instead. No big deal. But with a more complex interface this could quickly become cumbersome.

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Oof.

Thanks for sharing.

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You’re welcome.

Update: Doing ContainsPoint on each panel doesn’t work. The right one simply always returns false. Left works fine.

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ContainsPoints() expects the coordinates to be transformed to its local reference. You can do:

var localPoint = rightPanel.WorldToLocal(point);
if(rightPanel.ContainsPoint(localPoint)){...}
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Thanks, that works.

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