The pmouseY variable in p5.js is used to store the vertical position of the mouse cursor in the frame previous to the current active frame, relative to the origin of the canvas.
Syntax:
pmouseY
Below programs illustrate the pmouseY variable in p5.js:
Example 1: This example uses pmouseY variable to draw mouse pointer as circle.
function setup() { // Create canvas createCanvas(1000, 400); } function draw() { // Set the background color background(244, 248, 252); // Fill color relative pmouseX, // pmouseY and mouseY fill(pmouseX%255, pmouseY%255, mouseY%255); // Draw circle circle(mouseX, pmouseY, pmouseX%100); } |
Output:
Example 2: This example uses pmouseY variable to display the position of mouse pointer.
function setup() { // Create canvas createCanvas(1000, 400); // Set font size textSize(20); } function draw() { // Set background color background(200); // Display result text( "Position of pmouseY is " + pmouseY, 30, 40); } |
Output:
Reference: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/pmouseY