//! This crate provides 'picking' capabilities for the Bevy game engine. That means, in simple terms, figuring out //! how to connect up a user's clicks or taps to the entities they are trying to interact with. //! //! ## Overview //! //! In the simplest case, this plugin allows you to click on things in the scene. However, it also //! allows you to express more complex interactions, like detecting when a touch input drags a UI //! element and drops it on a 3d mesh rendered to a different camera. The crate also provides a set of //! interaction callbacks, allowing you to receive input directly on entities like here: //! //! ```rust //! # use bevy_ecs::prelude::*; //! # use bevy_picking::prelude::*; //! # #[derive(Component)] //! # struct MyComponent; //! # let mut world = World::new(); //! world.spawn(MyComponent) //! .observe(|mut trigger: Trigger>| { //! // Get the underlying event type //! let click_event: &Pointer = trigger.event(); //! // Stop the event from bubbling up the entity hierarchjy //! trigger.propagate(false); //! }); //! ``` //! //! At its core, this crate provides a robust abstraction for computing picking state regardless of //! pointing devices, or what you are hit testing against. It is designed to work with any input, including //! mouse, touch, pens, or virtual pointers controlled by gamepads. //! //! ## Expressive Events //! //! The events in this module (see [`events`]) cannot be listened to with normal `EventReader`s. //! Instead, they are dispatched to *ovservers* attached to specific entities. When events are generated, they //! bubble up the entity hierarchy starting from their target, until they reach the root or bubbling is haulted //! with a call to [`Trigger::propagate`](bevy_ecs::observer::Trigger::propagate). //! See [`Observer`] for details. //! //! This allows you to run callbacks when any children of an entity are interacted with, and leads //! to succinct, expressive code: //! //! ``` //! # use bevy_ecs::prelude::*; //! # use bevy_transform::prelude::*; //! # use bevy_picking::prelude::*; //! # #[derive(Event)] //! # struct Greeting; //! fn setup(mut commands: Commands) { //! commands.spawn(Transform::default()) //! // Spawn your entity here, e.g. a Mesh. //! // When dragged, mutate the `Transform` component on the dragged target entity: //! .observe(|trigger: Trigger>, mut transforms: Query<&mut Transform>| { //! let mut transform = transforms.get_mut(trigger.entity()).unwrap(); //! let drag = trigger.event(); //! transform.rotate_local_y(drag.delta.x / 50.0); //! }) //! .observe(|trigger: Trigger>, mut commands: Commands| { //! println!("Entity {:?} goes BOOM!", trigger.entity()); //! commands.entity(trigger.entity()).despawn(); //! }) //! .observe(|trigger: Trigger>, mut events: EventWriter| { //! events.send(Greeting); //! }); //! } //! ``` //! //! ## Modularity //! //! #### Mix and Match Hit Testing Backends //! //! The plugin attempts to handle all the hard parts for you, all you need to do is tell it when a //! pointer is hitting any entities. Multiple backends can be used at the same time! [Use this //! simple API to write your own backend](crate::backend) in about 100 lines of code. //! //! #### Input Agnostic //! //! Picking provides a generic Pointer abstracton, which is useful for reacting to many different //! types of input devices. Pointers can be controlled with anything, whether its the included mouse //! or touch inputs, or a custom gamepad input system you write yourself to control a virtual pointer. //! //! ## Robustness //! //! In addition to these features, this plugin also correctly handles multitouch, multiple windows, //! multiple cameras, viewports, and render layers. Using this as a library allows you to write a //! picking backend that can interoperate with any other picking backend. //! //! # Getting Started //! //! TODO: This section will need to be re-written once more backends are introduced. //! //! #### Next Steps //! //! To learn more, take a look at the examples in the //! [examples](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/main/examples/picking). You //! can read the next section to understand how the plugin works. //! //! # The Picking Pipeline //! //! This plugin is designed to be extremely modular. To do so, it works in well-defined stages that //! form a pipeline, where events are used to pass data between each stage. //! //! #### Pointers ([`pointer`](mod@pointer)) //! //! The first stage of the pipeline is to gather inputs and update pointers. This stage is //! ultimately responsible for generating [`PointerInput`](pointer::PointerInput) events. The provided //! crate does this automatically for mouse, touch, and pen inputs. If you wanted to implement your own //! pointer, controlled by some other input, you can do that here. The ordering of events within the //! [`PointerInput`](pointer::PointerInput) stream is meaningful for events with the same //! [`PointerId`](pointer::PointerId), but not between different pointers. //! //! Because pointer positions and presses are driven by these events, you can use them to mock //! inputs for testing. //! //! After inputs are generated, they are then collected to update the current //! [`PointerLocation`](pointer::PointerLocation) for each pointer. //! //! #### Backend ([`backend`]) //! //! A picking backend only has one job: reading [`PointerLocation`](pointer::PointerLocation) components, //! and producing [`PointerHits`](backend::PointerHits). You can find all documentation and types needed to //! implement a backend at [`backend`]. //! //! You will eventually need to choose which picking backend(s) you want to use. This crate does not //! supply any backends, and expects you to select some from the other bevy crates or the third-party //! ecosystem. You can find all the provided backends in the [`backend`] module. //! //! It's important to understand that you can mix and match backends! For example, you might have a //! backend for your UI, and one for the 3d scene, with each being specialized for their purpose. //! This crate provides some backends out of the box, but you can even write your own. It's been //! made as easy as possible intentionally; the `bevy_mod_raycast` backend is 50 lines of code. //! //! #### Focus ([`focus`]) //! //! The next step is to use the data from the backends, combine and sort the results, and determine //! what each cursor is hovering over, producing a [`HoverMap`](`crate::focus::HoverMap`). Note that //! just because a pointer is over an entity, it is not necessarily *hovering* that entity. Although //! multiple backends may be reporting that a pointer is hitting an entity, the focus system needs //! to determine which entities are actually being hovered by this pointer based on the pick depth, //! order of the backend, and the [`Pickable`] state of the entity. In other words, if one entity is //! in front of another, usually only the topmost one will be hovered. //! //! #### Events ([`events`]) //! //! In the final step, the high-level pointer events are generated, such as events that trigger when //! a pointer hovers or clicks an entity. These simple events are then used to generate more complex //! events for dragging and dropping. //! //! Because it is completely agnostic to the the earlier stages of the pipeline, you can easily //! extend the plugin with arbitrary backends and input methods, yet still use all the high level //! features. #![deny(missing_docs)] pub mod backend; pub mod events; pub mod focus; pub mod input; pub mod pointer; use bevy_app::prelude::*; use bevy_ecs::prelude::*; use bevy_reflect::prelude::*; /// The picking prelude. /// /// This includes the most common types in this crate, re-exported for your convenience. pub mod prelude { #[doc(hidden)] pub use crate::{ events::*, input::PointerInputPlugin, pointer::PointerButton, DefaultPickingPlugins, InteractionPlugin, Pickable, PickingPlugin, }; } /// An optional component that overrides default picking behavior for an entity, allowing you to /// make an entity non-hoverable, or allow items below it to be hovered. See the documentation on /// the fields for more details. #[derive(Component, Debug, Clone, Reflect, PartialEq, Eq)] #[reflect(Component, Default, Debug, PartialEq)] pub struct Pickable { /// Should this entity block entities below it from being picked? /// /// This is useful if you want picking to continue hitting entities below this one. Normally, /// only the topmost entity under a pointer can be hovered, but this setting allows the pointer /// to hover multiple entities, from nearest to farthest, stopping as soon as it hits an entity /// that blocks lower entities. /// /// Note that the word "lower" here refers to entities that have been reported as hit by any /// picking backend, but are at a lower depth than the current one. This is different from the /// concept of event bubbling, as it works irrespective of the entity hierarchy. /// /// For example, if a pointer is over a UI element, as well as a 3d mesh, backends will report /// hits for both of these entities. Additionally, the hits will be sorted by the camera order, /// so if the UI is drawing on top of the 3d mesh, the UI will be "above" the mesh. When focus /// is computed, the UI element will be checked first to see if it this field is set to block /// lower entities. If it does (default), the focus system will stop there, and only the UI /// element will be marked as hovered. However, if this field is set to `false`, both the UI /// element *and* the mesh will be marked as hovered. /// /// Entities without the [`Pickable`] component will block by default. pub should_block_lower: bool, /// If this is set to `false` and `should_block_lower` is set to true, this entity will block /// lower entities from being interacted and at the same time will itself not emit any events. /// /// Note that the word "lower" here refers to entities that have been reported as hit by any /// picking backend, but are at a lower depth than the current one. This is different from the /// concept of event bubbling, as it works irrespective of the entity hierarchy. /// /// For example, if a pointer is over a UI element, and this field is set to `false`, it will /// not be marked as hovered, and consequently will not emit events nor will any picking /// components mark it as hovered. This can be combined with the other field /// [`Self::should_block_lower`], which is orthogonal to this one. /// /// Entities without the [`Pickable`] component are hoverable by default. pub is_hoverable: bool, } impl Pickable { /// This entity will not block entities beneath it, nor will it emit events. /// /// If a backend reports this entity as being hit, the picking plugin will completely ignore it. pub const IGNORE: Self = Self { should_block_lower: false, is_hoverable: false, }; } impl Default for Pickable { fn default() -> Self { Self { should_block_lower: true, is_hoverable: true, } } } /// Components needed to build a pointer. Multiple pointers can be active at once, with each pointer /// being an entity. /// /// `Mouse` and `Touch` pointers are automatically spawned as needed. Use this bundle if you are /// spawning a custom `PointerId::Custom` pointer, either for testing, as a software controlled /// pointer, or if you are replacing the default touch and mouse inputs. #[derive(Bundle)] pub struct PointerBundle { /// The pointer's unique [`PointerId`](pointer::PointerId). pub id: pointer::PointerId, /// Tracks the pointer's location. pub location: pointer::PointerLocation, /// Tracks the pointer's button press state. pub click: pointer::PointerPress, /// The interaction state of any hovered entities. pub interaction: pointer::PointerInteraction, } impl PointerBundle { /// Create a new pointer with the provided [`PointerId`](pointer::PointerId). pub fn new(id: pointer::PointerId) -> Self { PointerBundle { id, location: pointer::PointerLocation::default(), click: pointer::PointerPress::default(), interaction: pointer::PointerInteraction::default(), } } /// Sets the location of the pointer bundle pub fn with_location(mut self, location: pointer::Location) -> Self { self.location.location = Some(location); self } } /// Groups the stages of the picking process under shared labels. #[derive(Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, SystemSet)] pub enum PickSet { /// Produces pointer input events. In the [`First`] schedule. Input, /// Runs after input events are generated but before commands are flushed. In the [`First`] /// schedule. PostInput, /// Receives and processes pointer input events. In the [`PreUpdate`] schedule. ProcessInput, /// Reads inputs and produces [`backend::PointerHits`]s. In the [`PreUpdate`] schedule. Backend, /// Reads [`backend::PointerHits`]s, and updates focus, selection, and highlighting states. In /// the [`PreUpdate`] schedule. Focus, /// Runs after all the focus systems are done, before event listeners are triggered. In the /// [`PreUpdate`] schedule. PostFocus, /// Runs after all other picking sets. In the [`PreUpdate`] schedule. Last, } /// One plugin that contains the [`PointerInputPlugin`](input::PointerInputPlugin), [`PickingPlugin`] /// and the [`InteractionPlugin`], this is probably the plugin that will be most used. /// /// Note: for any of these plugins to work, they require a picking backend to be active, /// The picking backend is responsible to turn an input, into a [`crate::backend::PointerHits`] /// that [`PickingPlugin`] and [`InteractionPlugin`] will refine into [`bevy_ecs::observer::Trigger`]s. #[derive(Default)] pub struct DefaultPickingPlugins; impl Plugin for DefaultPickingPlugins { fn build(&self, app: &mut App) { app.add_plugins(( input::PointerInputPlugin::default(), PickingPlugin::default(), InteractionPlugin, )); } } /// This plugin sets up the core picking infrastructure. It receives input events, and provides the shared /// types used by other picking plugins. /// /// This plugin contains several settings, and is added to the wrold as a resource after initialization. You /// can configure picking settings at runtime through the resource. #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Resource, Reflect)] #[reflect(Resource, Default, Debug)] pub struct PickingPlugin { /// Enables and disables all picking features. pub is_enabled: bool, /// Enables and disables input collection. pub is_input_enabled: bool, /// Enables and disables updating interaction states of entities. pub is_focus_enabled: bool, } impl PickingPlugin { /// Whether or not input collection systems should be running. pub fn input_should_run(state: Res) -> bool { state.is_input_enabled && state.is_enabled } /// Whether or not systems updating entities' [`PickingInteraction`](focus::PickingInteraction) /// component should be running. pub fn focus_should_run(state: Res) -> bool { state.is_focus_enabled && state.is_enabled } } impl Default for PickingPlugin { fn default() -> Self { Self { is_enabled: true, is_input_enabled: true, is_focus_enabled: true, } } } impl Plugin for PickingPlugin { fn build(&self, app: &mut App) { app.insert_resource(*self) .init_resource::() .init_resource::() .add_event::() .add_event::() // Rather than try to mark all current and future backends as ambiguous with each other, // we allow them to send their hits in any order. These are later sorted, so submission // order doesn't matter. See `PointerHits` docs for caveats. .allow_ambiguous_resource::>() .add_systems( PreUpdate, ( pointer::update_pointer_map, pointer::PointerInput::receive, backend::ray::RayMap::repopulate.after(pointer::PointerInput::receive), ) .in_set(PickSet::ProcessInput), ) .configure_sets( First, (PickSet::Input, PickSet::PostInput) .after(bevy_time::TimeSystem) .after(bevy_ecs::event::EventUpdates) .chain(), ) .configure_sets( PreUpdate, ( PickSet::ProcessInput.run_if(Self::input_should_run), PickSet::Backend, PickSet::Focus.run_if(Self::focus_should_run), PickSet::PostFocus, PickSet::Last, ) .chain(), ) .register_type::() .register_type::() .register_type::() .register_type::() .register_type::() .register_type::() .register_type::(); } } /// Generates [`Pointer`](events::Pointer) events and handles event bubbling. #[derive(Default)] pub struct InteractionPlugin; impl Plugin for InteractionPlugin { fn build(&self, app: &mut App) { use events::*; use focus::{update_focus, update_interactions}; app.init_resource::() .init_resource::() .add_systems( PreUpdate, (update_focus, pointer_events, update_interactions) .chain() .in_set(PickSet::Focus), ); } }