How to give precedence to UI buttons over in-game interactions?

Unity Engine
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Hello everyone!

Question summary: How to configure the input actions asset of my 2D game to give precedence to UI buttons over in-game interactions, like tapping anywhere (else) on the screen to jump?

I am currently developing a 2D infinite falling mobile game where I want the player to:

  1. Move left and right using 2 UI buttons (TMPro), and
  2. Jump whenever a tap occurs anywhere on the screen EXCEPT if the tap happens on the previously mentioned buttons (this will eventually include other buttons as well, like a pause menu button for example).

What happens right now is that if I tap on the left/right button to move the player just a little, they also jump, and I would like to avoid that.

How can I achieve the above using Unity’s new input system? Can this configuration be achieved by tweaking the input actions assets only?

Thank you very much in advance!

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Bit hairy ATM. Docs here. Sample here (can be installed from the package manager in Unity).

We’re working on a better solution.