input-keyboard-mouse-touch
Input: Keyboard, Mouse, Touch, and Gamepad
Phaser provides a unified input system accessed via
this.inputin any Scene. It supports keyboard polling and events, mouse/pointer interaction with Game Objects (click, hover, drag), multi-touch, mouse wheel, and gamepad input. Input can be handled through event listeners or by polling state each frame.
Key source paths: src/input/InputPlugin.js, src/input/Pointer.js, src/input/keyboard/KeyboardPlugin.js, src/input/keyboard/keys/Key.js, src/input/keyboard/keys/KeyCodes.js, src/input/keyboard/combo/KeyCombo.js, src/input/gamepad/GamepadPlugin.js, src/input/gamepad/Gamepad.js, src/input/events/, src/input/keyboard/events/
Related skills: ../sprites-and-images/SKILL.md, ../events-system/SKILL.md, ../scenes/SKILL.md
Quick Start (basic keyboard + pointer input)
class MyScene extends Phaser.Scene {
create() {
// Keyboard: create cursor keys (up, down, left, right, space, shift)
this.cursors = this.input.keyboard.createCursorKeys();
// Keyboard: listen for a specific key event
this.input.keyboard.on('keydown-SPACE', (event) => {
console.log('Space pressed');
});
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