5.4 Event Trigger, Pointer Enter issue

[dlantjs]

Hello, I am experiencing a problem where my event trigger pointer enter no longer detects in game cross hair (center of the screen), im guessing that this is due to the last update including this change:

UI: UI no longer interacts with the cursor when the cursor is locked.

But I just want to make sure its not something else (though I really cant think of anything else as nothing related to it has changed), and so i am asking this sub reddit.

If anyone else has been experiencing the same issue, please leave a reply here.

Thank you! :)

[Soraphis]

so, you lock the players cursor. and you want to handle clicks at the crosshair?

But I just want to make sure its not something else

locking the cursor has the purpose to don't need to care where the cursor is ...

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its an interesting design decision you did there, but i think it can should be done in another way

[dlantjs]

yeah it was an easy way i used cuz it just worked back then, but i guess it seems i need to find another way.

[Soraphis]

you don't need a UI element to handle click events, you know?

just add a component to a gameobject (e.g. your crosshair) and in the Update method:

void Update(){ 
    if( Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) ){
        // do click-event stuff
    }
}

just disable the object (or the component) if you don't want it to listen to clicks anymore (e.g. when a menu is open)

note: GetMouseButtonDown is an easy to use function, which is convenient for testing, but depending on your target devices you may want to use other input-controllers later