al_mouse_button_down(3)

okay bestie, you’re reading the Library Functions Manual entry for al_mouse_button_down(3) — and yes, this is the Allegro 5 API glow-up 💅✨

✨ NAME ✨

al_mouse_button_down — Allegro 5 API, and it’s literally here to check a mouse button for you 🖱️💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_mouse_button_down(const ALLEGRO_MOUSE_STATE *state, int button)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here’s the vibe: this function returns true if the mouse button you specified was held down in the state you specified. No cap, that’s the whole main-character job. 👑

Unlike most things, the first mouse button is numbered 1 — yes, 1, not 0, bestie. As a convenience, the constants ALLEGRO_MOUSE_BUTTON_LEFT, ALLEGRO_MOUSE_BUTTON_RIGHT, and ALLEGRO_MOUSE_BUTTON_MIDDLE are provided. 🎀

But heads up: depending on the hardware, there may be more or fewer mouse buttons. If you want to be sure, you can check al_get_mouse_num_buttons(3) — she’ll tell you what’s actually there 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• ALLEGRO_MOUSE_STATE(3) — the state situation 👀
• al_get_mouse_state(3) — grab that mouse state ✨
• al_get_mouse_state_axis(3) — axis info, iykyk 🌸

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From the Allegro reference manual — al_mouse_button_down(3), signing off 💖💅