Programmatically call OnMouseDown() of a GameObject [solved]

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1

Hello everyone!

As the title suggests, is there a way to programmatically call the OnMouseDown() function of a GameObject?

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Not sure what you mean with that, but you can definitely use OnMouseDown to activate something when “clicked” http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseDown.html

If you mean you have code in your OnClick and want to call it with another method, you could do it like this:

Let’s say you have this right now;

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour {

    void OnMouseDown() // You want to call this right?
    {
        Debug.Log("Yay!");
    }
}

To make it callable, you could:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour {

    void OnMouseDown() // You want to call this right?
    {
        RunCode(); // Redirect to the actual code
    }

    public void AccessibleMethod()
    {
        RunCode(); // You can call this whenever you want, programmatically
    }

    private void RunCode()
    {
        Debug.Log("Yay!");
    }
}

Now you can call the “OnClick / OnMouseDown” Code programmatically too :slight_smile:

I hope that helps, if you still have questions, feel free to ask, otherwise please accept this answer :wink: