global-mouse-events

Global mouse events listener for Node.js (Windows only). Based off of xanderfrangos/global-mouse-events. Adds the recommendation from for mouse side buttons.

Installation

npm i global-mouse-events

Usage

Import the module and register for the mouse events you'd like to listen to.

Available event listeners

mouseup / mousedown — Fires when a mouse button is pressed / released.
Returns:

• x: The X position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• y: The Y position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• button: Which button was pressed. 1 is left-click. 2 is right-click. 3 is middle-click. 4 is side button back. 5 is side button forward.

mousemove — Fires when the mouse cursor is moved.
Returns:

• x: The X position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• y: The Y position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.

mousewheel — Fires when the mouse wheel is scrolled. Some trackpads may not fire this event unless "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them" is disabled in the Windows settings.
Returns:

• x: The X position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• y: The Y position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• delta: How much the mouse wheel was scrolled. Positive numbers are considered "up" and negative numbers are "down".
• axis: Whether the scroll was vertical or horizontal. 0 is vertical. 1 is horizontal.

Example

const mouseEvents = require("global-mouse-events");

mouseEvents.on("mouseup", event => {
  console.log(event); // { x: 2962, y: 483, button: 1 }
});

mouseEvents.on("mousedown", event => {
  console.log(event); // { x: 2962, y: 483, button: 1 }
});

mouseEvents.on("mousemove", event => {
  console.log(event); // { x: 2962, y: 482 }
});

mouseEvents.on("mousewheel", event => {
  console.log(event); // { x: 2962, y: 483, delta: -1, axis: 0 }
});

Available functions

• pauseMouseEvents — Pauses all mouse events.
• resumeMouseEvents — Resumes all mouse events.
• getPaused — Returns the paused state as a boolean.