Hello i’d like to know how would i be able to make godot figure out between double click and a single click, i’m currently in the process of making a fake OS and i’ve made the shortcuts in the desktop i managed to add the placement logic but i’d like to know how would i do the opening logic
it should work the same as windows or linux, double click on an icon and it will immediately open up a window, problem is i already use mouse 1 to allow the ability to move the icon across the desktop
func _handel_placement() -> void:
if Input.is_action_pressed("mouse_1"):
if get_global_rect().has_point(mouse_pos):
is_grabbed = true
if Input.is_action_just_released("mouse_1"):
is_grabbed = false
if is_grabbed:
global_position = mouse_pos - (size /2)
else:
global_position = global_position.snapped(SNAP_VALUE)
global_position = global_position.clamp(SNAP_VALUE, Vector2(get_viewport().size) - SNAP_VALUE)
This is the code i have for placement simple yet it works, the thing is i want the engine to be able to detect double click and open the app and if it was one click and hold it does the logic above
You could move your input handling information into any of the _input() methods there are. Check the documentation here to choose which one you will need:
If you are emulating the mouse with a gamepad or keyboard then you’ll need to manually code the logic to deal with a simulated double click.
func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
if event.is_action_pressed("mouse_1") and event.double_click:
print("You double clicked!")
For supporting controllers too, you can create a timer variable and add delta to it in the _physics_process(). Each time you press the desired button, you check if the timer is below a certain threshold, if it is, you trigger double click. It can look something like this:
var start_timer: bool = false
var clicked_once: bool = false
var time: float = 0
var double_click_time_limit: float = 0.2
func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
## Assuming you use "mouse_1" input action for gamepads too
if event.is_action_pressed("mouse_1"):
start_timer = true
if time <= double_click_time_limit and clicked_once:
print("You double clicked!")
time = 0
start_timer = false
clicked_once = false
## Insert other functions here for what you wanna do with double click
else:
clicked_once = true
func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
if start_timer:
time += delta
if time > double_click_time_limit:
time = 0
clicked_once = false
start_timer = false
Don’t have the laptop at the moment, so hard to verify… Is there a ticket open for it yet that you know of? Or a very valid reason for it not to be erm .. ‘actionable’?
func your_function() -> void:
if Input.is_action_pressed("mouse_1"):
clicks += 1
If clicks == 2:
clicks = 0
is_grabbed = true
This is an example that ive done on my game. Just create var and check if ths clicks are 2 or not. If they are 2 then they become 0 and the var is_grabbed is true unless you release the input. If its only pressed one time just use do if clicks = 1. I do it a lot in my games because its easier and sometimes the methods the others use they could not work for some reason.
This works, but for some reason when i double click it also opens other icon’s window as well maybe because it’s _unhandled_input so it capture the mouse inputs regardless i i have the mouse on the icon or not so i guess i need to check if the mouse is on top of the icon first before dbl pressing, thanks for the answer
at the moment, so hard to verify… Is there a ticket open for it yet that you know of? Or a very valid reason for it not to be erm .. ‘actionable’? 
