improve egui backend

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
   `PostUpdate`, which means egui hit tests will be one frame out of date. This is required because
   users tend to build their `egui` UI in `Update`, and egui rebuilds the entire UI from scratch
   every frame, so the picking backend must be run after users have built their UI.
+- Fixed: backend not returning hits when egui is using the pointer to resize windows or drag widgets
+  like sliders or windows.
 
 ## Miscellaneous
 

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ entity, and works with mouse, touch, or even gamepads.
 - ***Lightweight***: only compile what you need.
 - ***Expressive***: event listener components `On::<Pointer<Click>>::run(my_system)`.
 - ***Input Agnostic***: control pointers with mouse, pen, touch, or custom bevy systems.
-- ***Modular Backends***: mix and match backends like `rapier`, `egui`, `bevy_ui`, or write your own. 
+- ***Modular Backends***: mix and match backends like `rapier`, `egui`, `bevy_ui`, or write your own.
+
 ## Lightweight
 
 Only compile what you use. All non-critical plugins can be disabled, including highlighting,
@@ -50,12 +51,14 @@ commands.spawn((
     // Send an event when the pointer is pressed over this entity:
     On::<Pointer<Down>>::send_event::<DoSomethingComplex>(),
 ));
-
 ```
 
+If you don't need event bubbling or callbacks, you can respond to pointer events like you would any
+other bevy event, using `EventReader<Pointer<Click>>`, `EventReader<Pointer<Move>>`, etc.
+
 ## Input Agnostic
 
-Pointers can be controlled with anything, whether its the included mouse or touch inputs, or a
+Pointers can be controlled with anything, whether it's the included mouse or touch inputs, or a
 custom gamepad input system you write yourself.
 
 ## Modular Backends
@@ -70,8 +73,8 @@ this plugin will handle sorting hits and generating events.
 
 ## Robust
 
-In addition to these features, this plugin also correctly handles multitouch, multiple windows, and
-multiple layered render passes.
+In addition to these features, this plugin also correctly handles multitouch, multiple windows,
+render layers, viewports, and camera order.
 
 # Getting Started
 
@@ -100,10 +103,9 @@ To learn more, [read the docs](https://docs.rs/bevy_mod_picking/latest/bevy_mod_
 
 I intend to track the `main` branch of Bevy. PRs supporting this are welcome!
 
-
 | bevy | bevy_mod_picking |
 | ---- | ---------------- |
-| 0.11 | 0.15             |
+| 0.11 | 0.15, 0.16       |
 | 0.10 | 0.12, 0.13, 0.14 |
 | 0.9  | 0.10, 0.11       |
 | 0.8  | 0.8, 0.9         |

backends/bevy_picking_egui/src/lib.rs

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pub fn egui_picking(
     {
         if let NormalizedRenderTarget::Window(id) = location.target {
             if let Ok((entity, mut ctx)) = egui_context.get_mut(id.entity()) {
-                if ctx.get_mut().is_pointer_over_area() {
+                if ctx.get_mut().wants_pointer_input() {
                     let entry = (entity, HitData::new(entity, 0.0, None, None));
                     let order = 1_000_000f32; // Assume egui should be on top of everything else.
                     output.send(PointerHits::new(*pointer, Vec::from([entry]), order))

examples/egui.rs

@@ -23,10 +23,16 @@ fn main() {
         .run();
 }
 
-fn ui_example(mut egui_contexts: EguiContexts) {
+fn ui_example(mut egui_contexts: EguiContexts, mut number: Local<f32>) {
     egui::SidePanel::left("Left").show(egui_contexts.ctx_mut(), |ui| {
-        ui.heading("Note that you can select a 3d object then click on this side panel without that object being deselected!");
-        ui.allocate_rect(ui.available_rect_before_wrap(), egui::Sense::hover());
+        ScrollArea::vertical()
+            .auto_shrink([false; 2])
+            .show(ui, |ui| {
+                ui.heading("Note that while a slider is being dragged, the panel is being resized, or the scrollbar is being moved, items in the 3d scene cannot be picked even if the mouse is over them.");
+                for _ in 0..100 {
+                    ui.add(egui::Slider::new(&mut *number, 0.0..=100.0));
+                }
+            })
     });
     egui::Window::new("Demo").show(egui_contexts.ctx_mut(), |ui| {
         ScrollArea::both().auto_shrink([false; 2]).show(ui, |ui| {