Touchscreen Monitors

How can I use the advanced monitors?

event, button, x, y = os.pullEvent("mouse_click")
if event == "mouse_click" then
  if x >= 5 and x <= 1 and y <= 1 and y >= 5 then
    print("hi")
  else
    print("no")
  end
end

You figured it out quite good yourself, you make it wait for an event, then you can use the if-then-else statements to figure out what to do with a certain touch. The correct event emitted is "monitor_touch" and not "mouse_click" though.

event, button, x, y = os.pullEvent("monitor_touch")
if x >= 5 and x <= 1 and y <= 1 and y >= 5 then
   print("hi")
else
   print("no")
end

You do not need to check if the event is a monitor_touch in your code, because you already made it in the os.pullEvent() that the only event it will record, is a monitor_touch. So if there is an event, it must be the monitor_touch.

Alright, thanks. :)/>

I'd like to add that the monitor_touch event returns different parameters from the mouse_click event, as you can only use right-click with the monitor (left-click would destroy it, middle-click would pick it). It actually returns the side that the monitor is on instead of the button, and returns the same x, y coords as the mouse_click event.

event, side, x, y = os.pullEvent("monitor_touch")