playcanvas / playcanvas/engine

Fire touch event for when a touch enters a UI element

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area: ui enhancement
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Description

There are use cases where we would want to know if a touch is moved onto an element such moving between on screen buttons for a dpad

Forum discussion: https://forum.playcanvas.com/t/touch-enter-event/25294

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Research direction

No source files or tests are named. Start with the issue description and linked forum discussion, then locate the UI touch-input entry point. Done means a touch-enter event fires when a touch moves onto a UI element, including movement between on-screen dpad buttons.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
game-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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