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Bug Player Input Auto-Switch breaks On-Screen Controls

Discussion in 'Input System' started by HellGate94, Jul 12, 2021.

  1. HellGate94

    HellGate94

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    this has been an issue forever now and now that it is no longer in preview i expected it to be fixed.

    here a video of the issue:


    i guess things happen as follows:
    touch events get consumed by on-screen stick => sends gamepad input => player input switches to gamepad => touch event gets canceled since gamepad is now active

    am i simply configuring it wrong or how come this has not come up yet anywhere?
     
    HellGate94, Jul 12, 2021
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  2. dmytro_at_unity

    dmytro_at_unity

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    Would you mind please to file a bug (Help->Report a Bug) and we will have a look, thanks!

    I was recently fixing related issue to Keyboard.current going null related to On-Screen controls getting enabled/disabled, so likely there is a similar situation where on-screen control calls MakeCurrent and confuses Player Input.

    We probably need to rethink whole Device.current situation, it feels like a suboptimal approach, maybe Device.any would make more sense, e.g. Keyboard.any.spaceKey.wasPressedThisFrame would cover both physical keyboard and on-screen keyboard at a same time.
     
    dmytro_at_unity, Jul 13, 2021
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  3. HellGate94

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    bug is reported.

    yea not sure what the optimal solution to this is. i have not yet needed multiple input devices so not sure how any would work with that
     
    HellGate94, Jul 13, 2021
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  4. OmarOfMA

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    Hello @HellGate94
    Do you a link to the bug report?
    I seem to have the same issue or similar.
     
    OmarOfMA, Jun 4, 2023
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  5. gabagpereira

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    Can't believe this is still an issue, almost 3 years later. What's the use of filing a bug report if a simple core feature that should work normally takes years and years to be tackled (if it ever gets to be taken care of).
     
    gabagpereira, Apr 14, 2024
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