InputHelper

This static class holds all the data required to handle inputs. It takes care of saving the previous and new input states.

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Game

public static Game Game {
    get;
    set;
}

Your game class is available here. This gets initialized by the Setup function.

IsActive

public static bool IsActive => Game.IsActive;

This is useful to disable inputs when the game is not active.

Window

public static GameWindow Window => Game.Window;

This comes from Game.Window.

WindowWidth

public static int WindowWidth => Window.ClientBounds.Width;

This comes from Window.ClientBounds.Width. Used so that Pressed mouse inputs are limited to the inside of the window.

WindowHeight

public static int WindowHeight => Window.ClientBounds.Height;

This comes from Window.ClientBounds.Height. Used so that Pressed mouse inputs are limited to the inside of the window.

OldMouse

public static MouseState OldMouse => _oldMouse;

This is set during UpdateSetup(). Used by MouseCondition in Pressed, HeldOnly, Released.

NewMouse

public static MouseState NewMouse => _newMouse;

This is set during UpdateSetup(). Used by the MouseCondition Pressed, Held, HeldOnly, Released.

OldKeyboard

public static KeyboardState OldKeyboard => _oldKeyboard;

This is set during UpdateSetup(). Used by KeyboardCondition in Pressed, HeldOnly, Released.

NewKeyboard

public static KeyboardState NewKeyboard => _newKeyboard;

This is set during UpdateSetup(). Used by the KeyboardCondition Pressed, Held, HeldOnly, Released.

OldGamePad

public static GamePadState[] OldGamePad => _oldGamePad;

This is set during UpdateSetup(). Used by GamePadCondition and AnyGamePadCondition in Pressed, HeldOnly, Released.

Contains all the previous gamepad states.

NewGamePad

public static GamePadState[] NewGamePad => _newGamepad;

This is set during UpdateSetup(). Used by GamePadCondition and AnyGamePadCondition Pressed, Held, HeldOnly, Released.

Contains all the current gamepad states.

GamePadCapabilities

public static GamePadCapabilities[] GamePadCapabilities => _gamePadCapabilities;

An array with all the info about each connected gamepad.

GamePadDeadZone

public static GamePadDeadZone[] GamePadDeadZone => _gamePadDeadZone;

Initialized to GamePadDeadZone.None for each gamepad. You can use this to set the dead zone for any gamepads.

NewTouchCollection

public static TouchCollection NewTouchCollection => _newTouchCollection;

A touch collection that holds the previous and current touch locations.

TouchPanelCapabilities

public static TouchPanelCapabilities TouchPanelCapabilities => _touchPanelCapabilities;

Gives info about a touch panel.

TextEvents

public static List<TextInputEventArgs> TextEvents => _textEvents;

Used to handle text input from any keyboard layouts. This is useful when coding textboxes. This plugs into the MonoGame Window.TextInput. It gets cleared every frame during UpdateCleanup(). The way to use this is to iterate over the list every frame. Each element will contain a char to write.

MouseButtons

public static Dictionary<MouseButton, Func<MouseState, ButtonState>> MouseButtons => _mouseButtons;

Maps a MouseButton to a function that can extract a specific ButtonState from a MouseState.

GamePadButtons

public static Dictionary<GamePadButton, Func<GamePadState[], int, ButtonState>> GamePadButtons => _gamePadButtons;

Maps a GamePadButton to a function that can extract a specific ButtonState from a GamePadState.

CurrentFrame

public static uint CurrentFrame => _currentFrame;

Used by conditions to know if they’ve been consumed this frame.

Setup

public static void Setup(Game game);

Call this in the game’s LoadContent. This initializes everything this library needs to function correctly.

UpdateSetup

public static void UpdateSetup();

Call this at the beginning of your update loop. This sets up everything needed to use inputs for this frame.

UpdateCleanup

public static void UpdateCleanup();

Call this at the end of your update loop. This clears the TextEvents list.