From 5ae6d6d901f7602d7823f09f01384fd41c6063b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Ernerfeldt <emil.ernerfeldt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:26:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add `Response::total_drag_delta` and
 `PointerState::total_drag_delta` (#7708)

Useful in many cases. In a follow-up PR I will use it to prevent drift
when dragging/resizing windows
---
 crates/egui/src/input_state/mod.rs |  5 +++++
 crates/egui/src/response.rs        | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/egui/src/input_state/mod.rs b/crates/egui/src/input_state/mod.rs
index b23a4782..b5c1a416 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/input_state/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/input_state/mod.rs
@@ -1336,6 +1336,11 @@ impl PointerState {
         self.press_origin
     }
 
+    /// How far has the pointer moved since the start of the drag (if any)?
+    pub fn total_drag_delta(&self) -> Option<Vec2> {
+        Some(self.latest_pos? - self.press_origin?)
+    }
+
     /// When did the current click/drag originate?
     /// `None` if no mouse button is down.
     #[inline(always)]
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/response.rs b/crates/egui/src/response.rs
index e17c1aff..3d2faa1c 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/response.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/response.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ impl Response {
         self.drag_stopped() && self.ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.button_released(button))
     }
 
-    /// If dragged, how many points were we dragged and in what direction?
+    /// If dragged, how many points were we dragged in since last frame?
     #[inline]
     pub fn drag_delta(&self) -> Vec2 {
         if self.dragged() {
@@ -410,7 +410,22 @@ impl Response {
         }
     }
 
-    /// If dragged, how far did the mouse move?
+    /// If dragged, how many points have we been dragged since the start of the drag?
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn total_drag_delta(&self) -> Option<Vec2> {
+        if self.dragged() {
+            let mut delta = self.ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.total_drag_delta())?;
+            if let Some(from_global) = self.ctx.layer_transform_from_global(self.layer_id) {
+                delta *= from_global.scaling;
+            }
+            Some(delta)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// If dragged, how far did the mouse move since last frame?
+    ///
     /// This will use raw mouse movement if provided by the integration, otherwise will fall back to [`Response::drag_delta`]
     /// Raw mouse movement is unaccelerated and unclamped by screen boundaries, and does not relate to any position on the screen.
     /// This may be useful in certain situations such as draggable values and 3D cameras, where screen position does not matter.