Yeah I just expressed myself really poorly.Instead of giving an actual concrete example, I invented a silly one that doesn't leave much room for a satisfactory answer.What I actually wanted to describe is something akin to those gui-heavy games(such as StarCraft), where there's a "zone" where input is handled by the gui(some games lock camera movement when the mouse hovers over the gui, so that's where I got that example), and the other is basically the game "canvas".In that case, your idea of putting widgets in a container and just checking that container for mouse overlap seems to solve the problem.I don't plan on implementing a gui in that fashion on my project, just wanted to know more in case I need that feature in the future.
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Help requests / Re: How to avoid "click through" when the mouse is on a widget?
09 December 2017, 03:25:14 #2
Help requests / Re: How to avoid "click through" when the mouse is on a widget?
08 December 2017, 15:10:11
Oh wow that was simple, thanks! I guess that's why I didn't find it in the forums & tutorials. 
Now I have one more question: what about input that is handled continuouslyâ€"not through eventsâ€" such as in camera movement? How would I make it so that when the mouse hovers over the GUI those inputs are ignored? I know that widgets have MouseEntered and MouseLeft signals, but checking every widget doesn't sound like fun.There's a simpler solution that I'm probably too noobish to see.
Now I have one more question: what about input that is handled continuouslyâ€"not through eventsâ€" such as in camera movement? How would I make it so that when the mouse hovers over the GUI those inputs are ignored? I know that widgets have MouseEntered and MouseLeft signals, but checking every widget doesn't sound like fun.There's a simpler solution that I'm probably too noobish to see.
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Help requests / How to avoid "click through" when the mouse is on a widget?
08 December 2017, 01:05:56
Hey y'all! I'm a newcomer here and I would like a little help. 
Here's the situation: I'm making an electric field simulation in which the user is able to create "charges"(represented by sf::CircleShape) in real-time.When he clicks anywhere on the SFML canvas, keeping the mouse button pressed, he is able to drag a "velocity vector" that points from the initial click to the current position of the mouse. As soon as he releases the left mouse button, the newly created charge will have a velocity represented by that vector.
Now onto the actual problem: once I click on a GUI element, say a button, that same behavior is repeatedâ€"so the user ends up accidentally creating a charge.What I actually want is for the simulation to ignore the mouse click & release altogether, but I don't know how to do it.
How should I go about implementing that?
Here's the situation: I'm making an electric field simulation in which the user is able to create "charges"(represented by sf::CircleShape) in real-time.When he clicks anywhere on the SFML canvas, keeping the mouse button pressed, he is able to drag a "velocity vector" that points from the initial click to the current position of the mouse. As soon as he releases the left mouse button, the newly created charge will have a velocity represented by that vector.
Now onto the actual problem: once I click on a GUI element, say a button, that same behavior is repeatedâ€"so the user ends up accidentally creating a charge.What I actually want is for the simulation to ignore the mouse click & release altogether, but I don't know how to do it.
How should I go about implementing that?
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