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Drawing With Mouse

Python Turtle Graphics Tutorial #4 - Drawing With Mouse

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Mouse Events Continued

In the last tutorial I explained how to check to see if the mouse was being clicked. In this tutorial I will show how to
track the position of the mouse and use it to draw lines and shapes similarly to a paint program.
Up until this point we have only been using a turtle object from the turtle module. However, for this tutorial we will have
to use another object called screen.

import turtle
from turtle import Turtle
from turtle import Screen

screen = Screen()
t = Turtle("turtle")

We now need to create two functions that will be used to clear the screen and move the turtle.

def dragging(x, y): # These parameters will be the mouse position

t.ondrag(None)
 t.setheading(t.towards(x, y))
t.goto(x, y)
t.ondrag(dragging)

def clickRight():
t.clear()

Now we will setup the function main which will run our program.

def main(): # This will run the program

turtle.listen()

t.ondrag(dragging) # When we drag the turtle object call dragging

turtle.onscreenclick(clickRight, 3)

screen.mainloop() # This will continue running main()

Bringing it all together we get the following.

import turtle
from turtle import Screen, Turtle

screen = Screen()
t = Turtle("turtle")
t.speed(-1)

def dragging(x, y): # These parameters will be the mouse position

t.ondrag(None)
t.setheading(t.towards(x, y))
t.goto(x, y)
t.ondrag(dragging)

def clickRight():
t.clear()

def main(): # This will run the program

turtle.listen()

t.ondrag(dragging) # When we drag the turtle object call dragging

turtle.onscreenclick(clickRight, 3)

screen.mainloop() # This will continue running main()

main()
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