---
title: "Pointer Button Status"
description: "Demonstrates how to track pointer coordinates and check the status of specific mouse buttons, including detection of the right mouse button."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/input/dom%20events/view/pointer-button-status
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Pointer Button Status

Demonstrates how to track pointer coordinates and check the status of specific mouse buttons, including detection of the right mouse button.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Input / Dom Events](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/input/dom%20events.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/input/dom%20events/view/pointer-button-status.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### pointer button status.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    text;

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('mouse', 'assets/sprites/mouse_jim_sachs.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.add.sprite(0, 600, 'mouse').setOrigin(0, 1);

        this.text = this.add.text(10, 10, '', { fill: '#00ff00' });
    }

    update ()
    {
        const pointer = this.input.activePointer;

        this.text.setText([
            `x: ${pointer.worldX}`,
            `y: ${pointer.worldY}`,
            `isDown: ${pointer.isDown}`,
            `rightButtonDown: ${pointer.rightButtonDown()}`
        ]);
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    parent: 'game-container',
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    disableContextMenu: true,
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Dom Events

- [Detect Canvas Focus](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/input/dom%20events/view/on-canvas-out.md): Listen for gameout and gameover input events to trigger actions when the mouse leaves or enters the game canvas.

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