GetCursorDelta

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Added in 7.1.0 / 1.13.2

Returns the distance that the cursor has moved since the last frame.

x, y = GetCursorDelta()

Returns

x

number - Distance along the X axis that the cursor has travelled.

y

number - Distance along the Y axis that the cursor has travelled.

Details

• If the cursor hasn't moved between two frames, this function will return zeroes.
• Values returned by this function are independent of UI scaling. The GetScaledCursorDelta utility function can be used to apply the effective scale of UIParent to the returned values.