# Multiple mouse clicks issue
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126 "2020-12-10T20:45:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@millionish](https://discourse.processing.org/u/millionish)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/1 "2020-12-10T20:45:56Z")
How do I consider multiple mouse clicks as one mouse click?
I have an if condition which checks for mouse click condition and increments the counter variable, but when mouse is kept pressed for a long time, there are multiple mouse clicks but I want the counter variable to increment only by one.
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/2 "2020-12-10T20:51:19Z")
when you use the function mousePressed() as opposed to the boolean variable mousePressed it’s better
see reference
- function mousePressed() is with brackets ()
- the boolean variable mousePressed is without the brackets ()
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### Author:  [@millionish](https://discourse.processing.org/u/millionish)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/3 "2020-12-10T20:53:01Z")
this is the code. What change do I do here?
```auto
if (mousePressed and mouseClicked and mouseX > 500 and mouseX < 600 and mouseY > 500 and mouseY < 600):
count+=1
```
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/4 "2020-12-10T20:53:37Z")
when you use the function mousePressed() as opposed to the boolean variable mousePressed it’s better
see reference
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### Author:  [@millionish](https://discourse.processing.org/u/millionish)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/5 "2020-12-10T20:56:27Z")
when i replace mousePressed with mousePressed() in if condition, it shows an error saying bool object not callable.
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/6 "2020-12-10T20:57:18Z")
here is the reference for mousePressed() - the function
see [https://www.processing.org/reference/mousePressed\_.html](https://www.processing.org/reference/mousePressed_.html)
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### Author:  [@millionish](https://discourse.processing.org/u/millionish)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/7 "2020-12-10T21:04:11Z")
still I want it to count only once in that particular region/area.
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/8 "2020-12-10T21:04:53Z")
Does it work now?
Please show your entire running code to get real help.
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### Author:  [@niko](https://discourse.processing.org/u/niko)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/9 "2020-12-10T21:23:43Z")
I suppose you wrote the condition you posted inside the draw() function. It is then evaluated every time the draw function is called.
I guess that what you want is to write the condition inside the mouseClicked() function as Chrisir said. It would look like so:
```auto
void mouseClicked() {
if(mouseX > 500 & mouseX < 600 && mouseY > 500 && mouseY < 600) count += 1;
}
```
The mouseClicked function is automatically called once for each time the mouse is pressed and then released.
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/multiple-mouse-clicks-issue/26126/10 "2020-12-10T21:41:51Z")
Yeah, and the mousePressed () function too.
`mousePressed` as a boolean variable registers multiple times
```auto
int count = 0;
void setup() {
size(600, 600);
background(0);
}
void draw() {
background(0);
text(count, 3, 13);
if (mousePressed &&
mouseX > 500 &&
mouseX < 600 &&
mouseY > 500 &&
mouseY < 600)
count+=1;
}
```
* * *
`mousePressed()` as a function registers only ONCE
```auto
int count = 0;
void setup() {
size(600, 600);
background(0);
}
void draw() {
background(0);
text(count, 3, 13);
}
//----------------------------------------------------------
// Input functions
void mousePressed() {
if ( mouseX > 500 &&
mouseX < 600 &&
mouseY > 500 &&
mouseY < 600)
count+=1;
}
```