###### (This is the legacy documentation for SDL2, the previous stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current stable version.)
# SDL_MouseButtonEvent

Mouse button event structure (event.button.*)

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_events.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_events.h)

## Syntax

```c
typedef struct SDL_MouseButtonEvent
{
    Uint32 type;        /**< SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN or SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP */
    Uint32 timestamp;   /**< In milliseconds, populated using SDL_GetTicks() */
    Uint32 windowID;    /**< The window with mouse focus, if any */
    Uint32 which;       /**< The mouse instance id, or SDL_TOUCH_MOUSEID */
    Uint8 button;       /**< The mouse button index */
    Uint8 state;        /**< SDL_PRESSED or SDL_RELEASED */
    Uint8 clicks;       /**< 1 for single-click, 2 for double-click, etc. */
    Uint8 padding1;
    Sint32 x;           /**< X coordinate, relative to window */
    Sint32 y;           /**< Y coordinate, relative to window */
} SDL_MouseButtonEvent;
```

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