# Function within mousePressed function doesn't work
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/function-within-mousepressed-function-doesnt-work/40981
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [February 21, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/function-within-mousepressed-function-doesnt-work/40981 "2023-02-21T19:23:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@MaxU89](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MaxU89)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/function-within-mousepressed-function-doesnt-work/40981/1 "2023-02-21T19:23:05Z")
Hello. I am still kind of new to processing. I have been trying to create a game with moving platform(I called it plank), balls which shoot down bricks. I am currently creating the platform and I want it to move on the x axis with my cursor when my mouse is pressed, but it does not. I would really appreciate help.
```auto
Plank myPlank;
void setup(){
size(500,500);
myPlank = new Plank();
}
void draw(){
background(0);
myPlank.display();
}
class Plank{
int xpos;
int ypos;
int l;
int w;
int col;
Plank(){
xpos = width/2;
ypos = height-(height*1/5);
l = width/10;
w = height/100;
col = 255;
}
void display() {
rectMode(CENTER);
fill(col);
rect(xpos,ypos,l,w);
}
void mousePressed(){
myPlank.move();
}
void move(){
xpos = mouseX;
if(xpos<0+l/2||xpos>width-l/2){
xpos+=l/2;
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/function-within-mousepressed-function-doesnt-work/40981/2 "2023-02-21T19:27:22Z")
> [@MaxU89](#):
>
> mousePressed
This inside the class won’t work
It’s hidden inside the class
Make a mousePressed outside the class and call the function mousePressed that is in the class from there
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/function-within-mousepressed-function-doesnt-work/40981/3 "2023-02-21T20:40:53Z")
**Remark**
Other than
```auto
void mousePressed() {
myPlank.move();
}
```
we want a mousePressed that works throughout and not only once every click.
This is done with a variable of the same name mousePressed (the name that also the function has) :
```auto
void draw() {
background(0);
myPlank.display();
if (mousePressed) {
myPlank.move();
}
}
```
**Remark**
not sure what you do here, but add something to the pos is different for left and right side.
```auto
if (xpos<0+l/2||xpos>width-l/2) {
xpos+=l/2;
```
maybe:
```auto
if (xpos<0+l/2) {
xpos+=l/2; // left side
}
if (xpos>width-l/2) {
xpos-=l/2; // right side
}
```
(I did not work on this further)
**Sketch**
```auto
Plank myPlank;
void setup() {
size(500, 500);
myPlank = new Plank();
}
void draw() {
background(0);
myPlank.display();
if (mousePressed) {
myPlank.move();
}
}
// ============================================================================
class Plank {
int xpos;
int ypos;
int l;
int w;
int col;
Plank() {
xpos = width/2;
ypos = height-(height*1/5);
l = width/10;
w = height/100;
col = 255;
}
void display() {
rectMode(CENTER);
fill(col);
rect(xpos, ypos, l, w);
}
void move() {
xpos = mouseX;
if (xpos<0+l/2||xpos>width-l/2) {
xpos+=l/2;
}
}
}
//
```
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### Author:  [@MaxU89](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MaxU89)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/function-within-mousepressed-function-doesnt-work/40981/4 "2023-02-21T20:55:50Z")
Appreciate your help. Everything is working now. Thanks 😉