EventSystem - Get current GO under pointer?

Hey y'all,

I'm looking for a quick way (cause it's in Update) to get the object currently under the pointer. Looking at the PointerInputModule and the PointerEventData there's pointerEventData.pointerEnter which is the GO but I don't have access to that in update, and EventSystem only gives me access to IsPointerOverGameObject().

I'm asking because I want to check if the object is actually interactable and then create different behaviors based on that.

 

You can inherit the standalone input module and retrieve the cached data from the event system.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class CustomStandaloneInputModule : StandaloneInputModule
2. {
3.     public GameObject GetHovered()
4.     {
5.         var mouseEvent = GetLastPointerEventData(-1);
6.         if (mouseEvent == null)
7.             return null;
8.         return mouseEvent.pointerCurrentRaycast.gameObject;
9.     }
10.  
11.     public List<GameObject> GetAllHovered()
12.     {
13.         var mouseEvent = GetLastPointerEventData(-1);
14.         if (mouseEvent == null)
15.             return null;
16.         return mouseEvent.hovered;
17.     }
18. }

 

Mhm. I was afraid something like this was needed. It's a bit weird that this is not readily available tho

 

@Democide

Or you could raycast using GraphicRaycaster, only when you are over some object?

Code (CSharp):

1.    
2. List<RaycastResult> RaycastUI()
3. {
4.     List<RaycastResult> results = new List<RaycastResult>();
5.     gr.Raycast(new PointerEventData(EventSystem.current) { position = Input.mousePosition }, results);
6.     return results;
7. }
8.