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Carter Anderson eda118d033 Event Rearchitecture (#20731)
There is general consensus that our terminology for Events, "entity
events", Observers, and BufferedEvents needs clarity. Additionally, many
of us also agree that the current Observer system would benefit from
additional static-ness: currently it is assumed that you can use events
in pretty much any context, and they all go through the exact same code
path.

Alice put forth a proposal to [Overhaul
Observers](https://hackmd.io/@bevy/rk4S92hmlg), and we have already
partially implemented it for 0.17. I think it does a great job of
outlining many of the issues at play, and it solves them reasonably
well. But I _also_ think the proposed solution isn't yet ideal. Given
that it is already partially implemented for 0.17, it is a breaking
change, _and_ given that we have already broken the Observer API a
number of times, I think we need to sort this out before the next
release.

This is a big changeset, but it is _largely_ just a reframing of what is
already there. I haven't fundamentally changed the behaviors. I've just
refined and constrained in a way that allows us to do what we are
currently doing in a clearer, simpler, and more performant way.

First, I'll give some quick notes on Alice's proposal (which you all
should read if you haven't yet!):
### Notes on Alice's Proposal
- I like the move toward a more static API
- I think we've gone too far down the "separate terminology" path. The
proposal introduces a zoo of apis, terms, and "subterms". I think we
need to simplify our concepts and names to make this all easier to talk
about and use in practice.
- BroadcastEvent feels like the wrong name. EntityEvent is also
"broadcast" in the exact same way
- BufferedEvent is a completely different system than EntityEvent and
BroadcastEvent. This muddles concepts too much. It needs its own
standalone, single-word concept name.
- "Universal observers": I think this should be fully context driven,
rather than needing encoding in the API.
- I agree we can't get rid of buffered events, and that merging them
with "broadcast events" isn't helpful
- I'm not quite sure how we'd make the proposed PropagateEvent subtrait
work transparently. This can't be "layered on top" as a trait. It needs
to be baked in at more fundamental level.
* I don't like `app.add_broadcast_observers()`,
`app.add_universal_observers()`, `Observer::entity_observer`,
`Observer::broadcast`, etc. The `On` event should statically determine
whether an observer is an "entity observer" or a "broadcast" Observer.
This would already be encoded in the type system and is therefore
something we can do on the developer's behalf. Likewise, any observer
being registered at a top level is inherently _not_ a specific entity
observer. All of these variants serve to make users guess and poke
around in a way that is unnecessary. I want simple one word concept
names, single constructors, etc.
### Proposed Principals
- Static-ness:
- Events should only be usable in the context they were defined to be
used.
- When triggered, Observers should *only* have access to fields and
behaviors that are relevant:
- Dont return Option or PLACEHOLDER: the field or function shouldn't
exist
- Entity events that don't support propagation shouldn't expose that
functionality
- Don't do unnecessary work at runtime
- Event triggers shouldn't branch through every potential event code
path
- Don't clone potentially large lists of event context unnecessarily
(Ex: we currently clone the component list for every observer
invocation)
- Minimize codegen
	- Don't recompile things redundantly.
	- Don't compile unnecessary code paths.
- Clear and Simple
- Minimize the number of concept names floating around, and lock each
concept down heavily to a specific context
- I'm convinced at this point that "buffered events" and "observer
events" sharing concept names is wrong. We need two clean and clear
terms, and I'm willing to give "buffered events" a slightly worse name
if it means "observer events" can be nicer.
- Don't throw the concept name "Event" out ... it is a very good name.
Instead, constrain it to one specific thing.
	- Minimize our API surface
- Events contain all context, including what used to be the "target".
This lets people define the "target" name that makes the most sense for
the context, and lets the documentation fully describe the context of
that "target".
### Concepts
- **Event** (the thing you "observe")
- Rationale: "Event" is the clear choice for this concept. An "event"
feels like something that happens in real time. "Event observers" are
things that observe events when they occur (are triggered).
Additionally, this is the concept that "propagates", and "event
propagation" is a term people understand.
- **Trigger**: (the verb that "causes" events to happen for targets).
Events are Triggered. This can include additional context/ data that is
passed to observers / informs the trigger behavior. Events have
_exactly_ one Trigger. If you want a different trigger behavior, define
a new event. This makes the system more static, more predictable, and
easier to understand and document. `world.trigger_ref_with` makes it
possible to pass in mutable reference to your own Trigger data, making
it possible to customize the input trigger data and read out the final
trigger data.
- **Observer** (the thing that "observes" events): An event's `Trigger`
determines which observers will run.
- **Event Types**: You can build any "type" of event. The concept of a
"target" has been removed. Instead, define a `Trigger` that expects a
specific kind of event (ex: `E: EntityEvent`).
- **EntityEvent** We add a new `EntityEvent` trait, which defines an
`event.entity()` accessor. This is used by the `Trigger` impls :
`EntityTrigger`, `PropagateEntityTrigger`, and
`EntityComponentsTrigger`.
- **Message** (the buffered thing you "read" and "write")
- `Message` is a solid metaphor for what this is ... it is data that is
written and then at some later point read by someone / something else. I
expect existing consumers of "buffered events" to lament this name
change, as "event" feels nicer. But having a separate name is within
everyone's best interest.
	- **MessageReader** (the thing that reads messages)
	- **MessageWriter** (the thing that writes messages)
### The Changes
- `Event` trait changes
	- Event is now used exclusively by Observers
- Added `Event::Trigger`, which defines what trigger implementation this
event will use
- Added the `Trigger` trait
- All of the shared / hard-coded observer trigger logic has been broken
out into individual context-specific Trigger traits.
- "Trigger Targets" have been removed.
- Instead, Events, in combination with their Trigger impl, decide how
they will be triggered. In general, this means that Events now include
their "targets" as fields on the event.
- APIs like `trigger_targets` have been replaced by `trigger`, which can
now be used for any `Event`
- `EntityEvent` trait changes
- Propagation config has been removed from the `EntityEvent` trait. It
now lives on the `Trigger` trait (specifically the
`PropagateEntityTrigger` trait).
- `EntityEvent` now provides `entity / entity_mut` accessors for the
Event it is implemented for
- `EntityEvent` defaults to having no propagation (uses the simpler
`EntityTrigger`)
- `#[entity_event(propagate)]` enables the "default" propagation logic
(uses ChildOf). The existing `#[entity_event(traversal = X)]` has been
renamed to `#[entity_event(propagate = X)`
- Deriving `EntityEvent` requires either a single `MyEvent(Entity)`, the
`entity` field name (`MyEvent { entity: Entity}`), or `MyEvent {
#[event_entity] custom: Entity }`
- Animation event changes
- Animation events now have their own `AnimationEvent` trait, which sets
the `AnimationEventTrigger`. This allows developers to pass in events
that _dont_ include the Entity field (as this is set by the system). The
custom trigger also opens the doors to cheaply passing in additional
animation system context, accessible through `On`
- `EntityComponentsTrigger`
- The built in Add/Remove/etc lifecycle events now use the
`EntityComponentsTrigger`, which passes in the components as additional
state. This _significantly_ cuts down on clones, as it does a borrow
rather than cloning the list into _each_ observer execution.
	- Each event now has an `entity` field.
- Style changes
- Prefer the event name for variables: `explode: On<Explode>` not
`event: On<Explode>`
- Prefer using the direct field name for the entity on entity events,
rather than `event.entity()`. This allows us to use more specific names
where appropriate, provides better / more contextual docs, and coaches
developers to think of `On<MyEvent>` _as_ the event itself.

Take a look at the changes to the examples and the built-in events to
see what this looks like in practice.

### Downsides
- Moving the "target" into the event adds some new constraints:
- Triggering the same event for multiple entities requires multiple
trigger calls. For "expensive" events (ex: lots of data attached to the
event), this will be more awkward. Your options become:
		-  Create multiple instances of the event, cloning the expensive data
- Use `trigger_ref`, and mutate the event on each call to change the
target.
- Move the "expensive" shared data into the Trigger, and use
`trigger_ref_with``
- We could build a new EntityEvent method that abstracts over the "event
mutation" behavior and provides something like the old `trigger_target`
behavior.
- Use a different `EntityTargetTrigger` (not currently provided by bevy,
but we could), which brings back the old behavior. This would be used
with `trigger_with` to replicate the old pattern:
`world.trigger_with(MyEvent, [e1, e2].into())` (or we could make the
`into()` implicit)
- Bubbling the event involves mutating the event to set the entity. This
means that `trigger_ref` will result in the event's
`EntityEvent::entity()` being the final bubbled entity instead of the
initial entity.
- Some APIs (trivially) benefit from the "target entity" being separate
from the event. Specifically, this new API requires changes to the
"Animation Event" system in AnimationPlayer. I think this is actually a
good change set, as it allows us to:
- Cheaply expose more animation state as part of a new
AnimationEventTrigger impl
- Move that "implict" entity target provided by the AnimationPlayer into
the AnimationEventTrigger
- Encode the "animation event trigger-ness" of the event into the type
itself (by requiring `#[event(trigger = AnimationEventTrigger)]`)
- By not implementing Default for AnimationEventTrigger, we can block
animation events from being fired manually by the user.

### Draft TODO
- [x] Fill in documentation and update existing docs
- [ ] Benchmark: I expect this impl to be significantly faster. There
might also be tangible binary size improvements, as I've removed a lot
of redundant codegen.
- [x] Update release notes and migration guides

### Next Steps
- The `BufferedEvent -> Message` rename was not included to keep the
size down.

Fixes #19648

---------

Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jan Hohenheim <jan@hohenheim.ch>
2025-09-09 23:48:55 +00:00
Carter Anderson 5058f8a9e6 Improve On Terminology (#20648)
# Objective

Fixes #19263 (and expands on it)

Within `Observers`, we have started to distance ourselves from the
"trigger" terminology. Specifically, we have renamed `Trigger` to `On`.
I think this was a very good move, but we're currently in an awkward
middle ground state. Users interact with `On` as if it were an event:
`On<E>` exposes the event and derefs directly to it. I think we should
embrace this mindset fully, in the interest of clarity.

## Solution

- Rename all `trigger: On<SomeEvent>` cases to `event: On<SomeEvent>`.
- Rename `On::target` to `On::entity`. This reads _much_ better when
writing `query.get(event.entity())` and pairs more effectively with the
`EntityEvent` terminology.
- Rename `On::original_target` to `On::original_entity`, for the same
reasons.
- Take advantage of the `Deref` behavior where appropriate

```rust
// Before
entity.observe(|trigger: On<Explode>| {
  println!("{} exploded!", trigger.target());
})

// After
entity.observe(|event: On<Explode>| {
  println!("{} exploded!", event.entity());
})
```
2025-08-21 08:54:28 +00:00
Joona Aalto 38c3423693 Event Split: Event, EntityEvent, and BufferedEvent (#19647)
# Objective

Closes #19564.

The current `Event` trait looks like this:

```rust
pub trait Event: Send + Sync + 'static {
    type Traversal: Traversal<Self>;
    const AUTO_PROPAGATE: bool = false;
    
    fn register_component_id(world: &mut World) -> ComponentId { ... }
    fn component_id(world: &World) -> Option<ComponentId> { ... }
}
```

The `Event` trait is used by both buffered events
(`EventReader`/`EventWriter`) and observer events. If they are observer
events, they can optionally be targeted at specific `Entity`s or
`ComponentId`s, and can even be propagated to other entities.

However, there has long been a desire to split the trait semantically
for a variety of reasons, see #14843, #14272, and #16031 for discussion.
Some reasons include:

- It's very uncommon to use a single event type as both a buffered event
and targeted observer event. They are used differently and tend to have
distinct semantics.
- A common footgun is using buffered events with observers or event
readers with observer events, as there is no type-level error that
prevents this kind of misuse.
- #19440 made `Trigger::target` return an `Option<Entity>`. This
*seriously* hurts ergonomics for the general case of entity observers,
as you need to `.unwrap()` each time. If we could statically determine
whether the event is expected to have an entity target, this would be
unnecessary.

There's really two main ways that we can categorize events: push vs.
pull (i.e. "observer event" vs. "buffered event") and global vs.
targeted:

|              | Push            | Pull                        |
| ------------ | --------------- | --------------------------- |
| **Global**   | Global observer | `EventReader`/`EventWriter` |
| **Targeted** | Entity observer | -                           |

There are many ways to approach this, each with their tradeoffs.
Ultimately, we kind of want to split events both ways:

- A type-level distinction between observer events and buffered events,
to prevent people from using the wrong kind of event in APIs
- A statically designated entity target for observer events to avoid
accidentally using untargeted events for targeted APIs

This PR achieves these goals by splitting event traits into `Event`,
`EntityEvent`, and `BufferedEvent`, with `Event` being the shared trait
implemented by all events.

## `Event`, `EntityEvent`, and `BufferedEvent`

`Event` is now a very simple trait shared by all events.

```rust
pub trait Event: Send + Sync + 'static {
    // Required for observer APIs
    fn register_component_id(world: &mut World) -> ComponentId { ... }
    fn component_id(world: &World) -> Option<ComponentId> { ... }
}
```

You can call `trigger` for *any* event, and use a global observer for
listening to the event.

```rust
#[derive(Event)]
struct Speak {
    message: String,
}

// ...

app.add_observer(|trigger: On<Speak>| {
    println!("{}", trigger.message);
});

// ...

commands.trigger(Speak {
    message: "Y'all like these reworked events?".to_string(),
});
```

To allow an event to be targeted at entities and even propagated
further, you can additionally implement the `EntityEvent` trait:

```rust
pub trait EntityEvent: Event {
    type Traversal: Traversal<Self>;
    const AUTO_PROPAGATE: bool = false;
}
```

This lets you call `trigger_targets`, and to use targeted observer APIs
like `EntityCommands::observe`:

```rust
#[derive(Event, EntityEvent)]
#[entity_event(traversal = &'static ChildOf, auto_propagate)]
struct Damage {
    amount: f32,
}

// ...

let enemy = commands.spawn((Enemy, Health(100.0))).id();

// Spawn some armor as a child of the enemy entity.
// When the armor takes damage, it will bubble the event up to the enemy.
let armor_piece = commands
    .spawn((ArmorPiece, Health(25.0), ChildOf(enemy)))
    .observe(|trigger: On<Damage>, mut query: Query<&mut Health>| {
        // Note: `On::target` only exists because this is an `EntityEvent`.
        let mut health = query.get(trigger.target()).unwrap();
        health.0 -= trigger.amount();
    });

commands.trigger_targets(Damage { amount: 10.0 }, armor_piece);
```

> [!NOTE]
> You *can* still also trigger an `EntityEvent` without targets using
`trigger`. We probably *could* make this an either-or thing, but I'm not
sure that's actually desirable.

To allow an event to be used with the buffered API, you can implement
`BufferedEvent`:

```rust
pub trait BufferedEvent: Event {}
```

The event can then be used with `EventReader`/`EventWriter`:

```rust
#[derive(Event, BufferedEvent)]
struct Message(String);

fn write_hello(mut writer: EventWriter<Message>) {
    writer.write(Message("I hope these examples are alright".to_string()));
}

fn read_messages(mut reader: EventReader<Message>) {
    // Process all buffered events of type `Message`.
    for Message(message) in reader.read() {
        println!("{message}");
    }
}
```

In summary:

- Need a basic event you can trigger and observe? Derive `Event`!
- Need the event to be targeted at an entity? Derive `EntityEvent`!
- Need the event to be buffered and support the
`EventReader`/`EventWriter` API? Derive `BufferedEvent`!

## Alternatives

I'll now cover some of the alternative approaches I have considered and
briefly explored. I made this section collapsible since it ended up
being quite long :P

<details>

<summary>Expand this to see alternatives</summary>

### 1. Unified `Event` Trait

One option is not to have *three* separate traits (`Event`,
`EntityEvent`, `BufferedEvent`), and to instead just use associated
constants on `Event` to determine whether an event supports targeting
and buffering or not:

```rust
pub trait Event: Send + Sync + 'static {
    type Traversal: Traversal<Self>;
    const AUTO_PROPAGATE: bool = false;
    const TARGETED: bool = false;
    const BUFFERED: bool = false;
    
    fn register_component_id(world: &mut World) -> ComponentId { ... }
    fn component_id(world: &World) -> Option<ComponentId> { ... }
}
```

Methods can then use bounds like `where E: Event<TARGETED = true>` or
`where E: Event<BUFFERED = true>` to limit APIs to specific kinds of
events.

This would keep everything under one `Event` trait, but I don't think
it's necessarily a good idea. It makes APIs harder to read, and docs
can't easily refer to specific types of events. You can also create
weird invariants: what if you specify `TARGETED = false`, but have
`Traversal` and/or `AUTO_PROPAGATE` enabled?

### 2. `Event` and `Trigger`

Another option is to only split the traits between buffered events and
observer events, since that is the main thing people have been asking
for, and they have the largest API difference.

If we did this, I think we would need to make the terms *clearly*
separate. We can't really use `Event` and `BufferedEvent` as the names,
since it would be strange that `BufferedEvent` doesn't implement
`Event`. Something like `ObserverEvent` and `BufferedEvent` could work,
but it'd be more verbose.

For this approach, I would instead keep `Event` for the current
`EventReader`/`EventWriter` API, and call the observer event a
`Trigger`, since the "trigger" terminology is already used in the
observer context within Bevy (both as a noun and a verb). This is also
what a long [bikeshed on
Discord](https://discord.com/channels/691052431525675048/749335865876021248/1298057661878898791)
seemed to land on at the end of last year.

```rust
// For `EventReader`/`EventWriter`
pub trait Event: Send + Sync + 'static {}

// For observers
pub trait Trigger: Send + Sync + 'static {
    type Traversal: Traversal<Self>;
    const AUTO_PROPAGATE: bool = false;
    const TARGETED: bool = false;
    
    fn register_component_id(world: &mut World) -> ComponentId { ... }
    fn component_id(world: &World) -> Option<ComponentId> { ... }
}
```

The problem is that "event" is just a really good term for something
that "happens". Observers are rapidly becoming the more prominent API,
so it'd be weird to give them the `Trigger` name and leave the good
`Event` name for the less common API.

So, even though a split like this seems neat on the surface, I think it
ultimately wouldn't really work. We want to keep the `Event` name for
observer events, and there is no good alternative for the buffered
variant. (`Message` was suggested, but saying stuff like "sends a
collision message" is weird.)

### 3. `GlobalEvent` + `TargetedEvent`

What if instead of focusing on the buffered vs. observed split, we
*only* make a distinction between global and targeted events?

```rust
// A shared event trait to allow global observers to work
pub trait Event: Send + Sync + 'static {
    fn register_component_id(world: &mut World) -> ComponentId { ... }
    fn component_id(world: &World) -> Option<ComponentId> { ... }
}

// For buffered events and non-targeted observer events
pub trait GlobalEvent: Event {}

// For targeted observer events
pub trait TargetedEvent: Event {
    type Traversal: Traversal<Self>;
    const AUTO_PROPAGATE: bool = false;
}
```

This is actually the first approach I implemented, and it has the neat
characteristic that you can only use non-targeted APIs like `trigger`
with a `GlobalEvent` and targeted APIs like `trigger_targets` with a
`TargetedEvent`. You have full control over whether the entity should or
should not have a target, as they are fully distinct at the type-level.

However, there's a few problems:

- There is no type-level indication of whether a `GlobalEvent` supports
buffered events or just non-targeted observer events
- An `Event` on its own does literally nothing, it's just a shared trait
required to make global observers accept both non-targeted and targeted
events
- If an event is both a `GlobalEvent` and `TargetedEvent`, global
observers again have ambiguity on whether an event has a target or not,
undermining some of the benefits
- The names are not ideal

### 4. `Event` and `EntityEvent`

We can fix some of the problems of Alternative 3 by accepting that
targeted events can also be used in non-targeted contexts, and simply
having the `Event` and `EntityEvent` traits:

```rust
// For buffered events and non-targeted observer events
pub trait Event: Send + Sync + 'static {
    fn register_component_id(world: &mut World) -> ComponentId { ... }
    fn component_id(world: &World) -> Option<ComponentId> { ... }
}

// For targeted observer events
pub trait EntityEvent: Event {
    type Traversal: Traversal<Self>;
    const AUTO_PROPAGATE: bool = false;
}
```

This is essentially identical to this PR, just without a dedicated
`BufferedEvent`. The remaining major "problem" is that there is still
zero type-level indication of whether an `Event` event *actually*
supports the buffered API. This leads us to the solution proposed in
this PR, using `Event`, `EntityEvent`, and `BufferedEvent`.

</details>

## Conclusion

The `Event` + `EntityEvent` + `BufferedEvent` split proposed in this PR
aims to solve all the common problems with Bevy's current event model
while keeping the "weirdness" factor minimal. It splits in terms of both
the push vs. pull *and* global vs. targeted aspects, while maintaining a
shared concept for an "event".

### Why I Like This

- The term "event" remains as a single concept for all the different
kinds of events in Bevy.
- Despite all event types being "events", they use fundamentally
different APIs. Instead of assuming that you can use an event type with
any pattern (when only one is typically supported), you explicitly opt
in to each one with dedicated traits.
- Using separate traits for each type of event helps with documentation
and clearer function signatures.
- I can safely make assumptions on expected usage.
- If I see that an event is an `EntityEvent`, I can assume that I can
use `observe` on it and get targeted events.
- If I see that an event is a `BufferedEvent`, I can assume that I can
use `EventReader` to read events.
- If I see both `EntityEvent` and `BufferedEvent`, I can assume that
both APIs are supported.

In summary: This allows for a unified concept for events, while limiting
the different ways to use them with opt-in traits. No more guess-work
involved when using APIs.

### Problems?

- Because `BufferedEvent` implements `Event` (for more consistent
semantics etc.), you can still use all buffered events for non-targeted
observers. I think this is fine/good. The important part is that if you
see that an event implements `BufferedEvent`, you know that the
`EventReader`/`EventWriter` API should be supported. Whether it *also*
supports other APIs is secondary.
- I currently only support `trigger_targets` for an `EntityEvent`.
However, you can technically target components too, without targeting
any entities. I consider that such a niche and advanced use case that
it's not a huge problem to only support it for `EntityEvent`s, but we
could also split `trigger_targets` into `trigger_entities` and
`trigger_components` if we wanted to (or implement components as
entities :P).
- You can still trigger an `EntityEvent` *without* targets. I consider
this correct, since `Event` implements the non-targeted behavior, and
it'd be weird if implementing another trait *removed* behavior. However,
it does mean that global observers for entity events can technically
return `Entity::PLACEHOLDER` again (since I got rid of the
`Option<Entity>` added in #19440 for ergonomics). I think that's enough
of an edge case that it's not a huge problem, but it is worth keeping in
mind.
- ~~Deriving both `EntityEvent` and `BufferedEvent` for the same type
currently duplicates the `Event` implementation, so you instead need to
manually implement one of them.~~ Changed to always requiring `Event` to
be derived.

## Related Work

There are plans to implement multi-event support for observers,
especially for UI contexts. [Cart's
example](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/14649#issuecomment-2960402508)
API looked like this:

```rust
// Truncated for brevity
trigger: Trigger<(
    OnAdd<Pressed>,
    OnRemove<Pressed>,
    OnAdd<InteractionDisabled>,
    OnRemove<InteractionDisabled>,
    OnInsert<Hovered>,
)>,
```

I believe this shouldn't be in conflict with this PR. If anything, this
PR might *help* achieve the multi-event pattern for entity observers
with fewer footguns: by statically enforcing that all of these events
are `EntityEvent`s in the context of `EntityCommands::observe`, we can
avoid misuse or weird cases where *some* events inside the trigger are
targeted while others are not.
2025-06-15 16:46:34 +00:00
Joona Aalto e5dc177b4b Rename Trigger to On (#19596)
# Objective

Currently, the observer API looks like this:

```rust
app.add_observer(|trigger: Trigger<Explode>| {
    info!("Entity {} exploded!", trigger.target());
});
```

Future plans for observers also include "multi-event observers" with a
trigger that looks like this (see [Cart's
example](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/14649#issuecomment-2960402508)):

```rust
trigger: Trigger<(
    OnAdd<Pressed>,
    OnRemove<Pressed>,
    OnAdd<InteractionDisabled>,
    OnRemove<InteractionDisabled>,
    OnInsert<Hovered>,
)>,
```

In scenarios like this, there is a lot of repetition of `On`. These are
expected to be very high-traffic APIs especially in UI contexts, so
ergonomics and readability are critical.

By renaming `Trigger` to `On`, we can make these APIs read more cleanly
and get rid of the repetition:

```rust
app.add_observer(|trigger: On<Explode>| {
    info!("Entity {} exploded!", trigger.target());
});
```

```rust
trigger: On<(
    Add<Pressed>,
    Remove<Pressed>,
    Add<InteractionDisabled>,
    Remove<InteractionDisabled>,
    Insert<Hovered>,
)>,
```

Names like `On<Add<Pressed>>` emphasize the actual event listener nature
more than `Trigger<OnAdd<Pressed>>`, and look cleaner. This *also* frees
up the `Trigger` name if we want to use it for the observer event type,
splitting them out from buffered events (bikeshedding this is out of
scope for this PR though).

For prior art:
[`bevy_eventlistener`](https://github.com/aevyrie/bevy_eventlistener)
used
[`On`](https://docs.rs/bevy_eventlistener/latest/bevy_eventlistener/event_listener/struct.On.html)
for its event listener type. Though in our case, the observer is the
event listener, and `On` is just a type containing information about the
triggered event.

## Solution

Steal from `bevy_event_listener` by @aevyrie and use `On`.

- Rename `Trigger` to `On`
- Rename `OnAdd` to `Add`
- Rename `OnInsert` to `Insert`
- Rename `OnReplace` to `Replace`
- Rename `OnRemove` to `Remove`
- Rename `OnDespawn` to `Despawn`

## Discussion

### Naming Conflicts??

Using a name like `Add` might initially feel like a very bad idea, since
it risks conflict with `core::ops::Add`. However, I don't expect this to
be a big problem in practice.

- You rarely need to actually implement the `Add` trait, especially in
modules that would use the Bevy ECS.
- In the rare cases where you *do* get a conflict, it is very easy to
fix by just disambiguating, for example using `ops::Add`.
- The `Add` event is a struct while the `Add` trait is a trait (duh), so
the compiler error should be very obvious.

For the record, renaming `OnAdd` to `Add`, I got exactly *zero* errors
or conflicts within Bevy itself. But this is of course not entirely
representative of actual projects *using* Bevy.

You might then wonder, why not use `Added`? This would conflict with the
`Added` query filter, so it wouldn't work. Additionally, the current
naming convention for observer events does not use past tense.

### Documentation

This does make documentation slightly more awkward when referring to
`On` or its methods. Previous docs often referred to `Trigger::target`
or "sends a `Trigger`" (which is... a bit strange anyway), which would
now be `On::target` and "sends an observer `Event`".

You can see the diff in this PR to see some of the effects. I think it
should be fine though, we may just need to reword more documentation to
read better.
2025-06-12 18:22:33 +00:00
Joona Aalto 33c6f45a35 Rename some pointer events and components (#19574)
# Objective

#19366 implemented core button widgets, which included the `Depressed`
state component.

`Depressed` was chosen instead of `Pressed` to avoid conflict with the
`Pointer<Pressed>` event, but it is problematic and awkward in many
ways:

- Using the word "depressed" for such a high-traffic type is not great
due to the obvious connection to "depressed" as in depression.
- "Depressed" is not what I would search for if I was looking for a
component like this, and I'm not aware of any other engine or UI
framework using the term.
- `Depressed` is not a very natural pair to the `Pointer<Pressed>`
event.
- It might be because I'm not a native English speaker, but I have very
rarely heard someone say "a button is depressed". Seeing it, my mind
initially goes from "depression??" to "oh, de-pressed, meaning released"
and definitely not "is pressed", even though that *is* also a valid
meaning for it.

A related problem is that the current `Pointer<Pressed>` and
`Pointer<Released>` event names use a different verb tense than all of
our other observer events such as `Pointer<Click>` or
`Pointer<DragStart>`. By fixing this and renaming `Pressed` (and
`Released`), we can then use `Pressed` instead of `Depressed` for the
state component.

Additionally, the `IsHovered` and `IsDirectlyHovered` components added
in #19366 use an inconsistent naming; the other similar components don't
use an `Is` prefix. It also makes query filters like `Has<IsHovered>`
and `With<IsHovered>` a bit more awkward.

This is partially related to Cart's [picking concept
proposal](https://gist.github.com/cart/756e48a149db2838028be600defbd24a?permalink_comment_id=5598154).

## Solution

- Rename `Pointer<Pressed>` to `Pointer<Press>`
- Rename `Pointer<Released>` to `Pointer<Release>`
- Rename `Depressed` to `Pressed`
- Rename `IsHovered` to `Hovered`
- Rename `IsDirectlyHovered` to `DirectlyHovered`
2025-06-10 21:57:28 +00:00
Eagster 064e5e48b4 Remove entity placeholder from observers (#19440)
# Objective

`Entity::PLACEHOLDER` acts as a magic number that will *probably* never
really exist, but it certainly could. And, `Entity` has a niche, so the
only reason to use `PLACEHOLDER` is as an alternative to `MaybeUninit`
that trades safety risks for logic risks.

As a result, bevy has generally advised against using `PLACEHOLDER`, but
we still use if for a lot internally. This pr starts removing internal
uses of it, starting from observers.

## Solution

Change all trigger target related types from `Entity` to
`Option<Entity>`

Small migration guide to come.

## Testing

CI

## Future Work

This turned a lot of code from 

```rust
trigger.target()
```

to 

```rust
trigger.target().unwrap()
```

The extra panic is no worse than before; it's just earlier than
panicking after passing the placeholder to something else.

But this is kinda annoying. 

I would like to add a `TriggerMode` or something to `Event` that would
restrict what kinds of targets can be used for that event. Many events
like `Removed` etc, are always triggered with a target. We can make
those have a way to assume Some, etc. But I wanted to save that for a
future pr.
2025-06-09 19:37:56 +00:00
ickshonpe 2b59ab8e2d Fix Anchor component inconsistancies (#18393)
## Objective

Fix the misleading 2d anchor API where `Anchor` is a component and
required by `Text2d` but is stored on a field for sprites.

Fixes #18367

## Solution

Remove the `anchor` field from `Sprite` and require `Anchor` instead.

## Migration Guide

The `anchor` field has been removed from `Sprite`. Instead the `Anchor`
component is now a required component on `Sprite`.
2025-05-21 15:32:04 +00:00
akimakinai 0f6d532a15 Sprite picking docs fix (#19016)
# Objective

- Docs in sprite picking plugin / example contain outdated information.

References:
- Sprite picking now always require `Picking` - #17842
- Transparency pass-through added - #16388

## Solution

- Fix the docs.
2025-05-05 17:45:14 +00:00
ickshonpe 84b09b9398 Newtype Anchor (#18439)
# Objective

The `Anchor` component doesn't need to be a enum. The variants are just
mapped to `Vec2`s so it could be changed to a newtype with associated
const values, saving the space needed for the discriminator by the enum.

Also there was no benefit I think in hiding the underlying `Vec2`
representation of `Anchor`s.

Suggested by @atlv24.

Fixes #18459
Fixes #18460

## Solution

Change `Anchor` to a struct newtyping a `Vec2`, and its variants into
associated constants.

## Migration Guide

The anchor component has been changed from an enum to a struct newtyping
a `Vec2`. The `Custom` variant has been removed, instead to construct a
custom `Anchor` use its tuple constructor:
```rust
Sprite {
     anchor: Anchor(Vec2::new(0.25, 0.4)),
     ..default()
}
```
The other enum variants have been replaced with corresponding constants:
* `Anchor::BottomLeft` to `Anchor::BOTTOM_LEFT`
* `Anchor::Center` to `Anchor::CENTER`
* `Anchor::TopRight` to `Anchor::TOP_RIGHT`
* .. and so on for the remaining variants
2025-03-21 22:27:11 +00:00
Alice Cecile 5ab0456f61 Unified picking cleanup (#18401)
# Objective

@cart noticed some issues with my work in
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/17348#discussion_r2001815637,
which I somehow missed before merging the PR.

## Solution

- feature gate the UiPickingPlugin correctly
- don't manually add the picking plugins

## Testing

Ran the debug_picking and sprite_picking examples (for UI and sprites
respectively): both seem to work fine.
2025-03-18 20:28:03 +00:00
Antony 65e289f5bc Unify picking backends (#17348)
# Objective

Currently, our picking backends are inconsistent:

- Mesh picking and sprite picking both have configurable opt in/out
behavior. UI picking does not.
- Sprite picking uses `SpritePickingCamera` and `Pickable` for control,
but mesh picking uses `RayCastPickable`.
- `MeshPickingPlugin` is not a part of `DefaultPlugins`.
`SpritePickingPlugin` and `UiPickingPlugin` are.

## Solution

- Add configurable opt in/out behavior to UI picking (defaults to opt
out).
- Replace `RayCastPickable` with `MeshPickingCamera` and `Pickable`.
- Remove `SpritePickingPlugin` and `UiPickingPlugin` from
`DefaultPlugins`.

## Testing

Ran some examples.

## Migration Guide

`UiPickingPlugin` and `SpritePickingPlugin` are no longer included in
`DefaultPlugins`. They must be explicitly added.

`RayCastPickable` has been replaced in favor of the `MeshPickingCamera`
and `Pickable` components. You should add them to cameras and entities,
respectively, if you have `MeshPickingSettings::require_markers` set to
`true`.

---------

Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
2025-03-18 19:24:43 +00:00
notmd f7b2a02224 Make sprite picking opt-in (#17842)
# Objective

Fix https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/17108
See
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/17108#issuecomment-2653020889

## Solution

- Make the query match `&Pickable` instead `Option<&Pickable>`

## Testing

- Run the `sprite_picking` example and everything still work


## Migration Guide

- Sprite picking are now opt-in, make sure you insert `Pickable`
component when using sprite picking.
```diff
-commands.spawn(Sprite { .. } );
+commands.spawn((Sprite { .. }, Pickable::default());
```
2025-02-24 21:09:39 +00:00
Antony 0a9740c18f Make sprite picking opt-in (#17225)
# Objective

Fixes #16903.

## Solution

- Make sprite picking opt-in by requiring a new `SpritePickingCamera`
component for cameras and usage of a new `Pickable` component for
entities.
- Update the `sprite_picking` example to reflect these changes.
- Some reflection cleanup (I hope that's ok).

## Testing

Ran the `sprite_picking` example

## Open Questions

<del>
   <ul>
    <li>Is the name `SpritePickable` appropriate?</li>
    <li>Should `SpritePickable` be in `bevy_sprite::prelude?</li>
  </ul> 
</del>

## Migration Guide

The sprite picking backend is now strictly opt-in using the
`SpritePickingCamera` and `Pickable` components. You should add the
`Pickable` component any entities that you want sprite picking to be
enabled for, and mark their respective cameras with
`SpritePickingCamera`.
2025-01-09 18:11:44 +00:00
Harun Ibram ad4144ad7a Rename Pointer<Down/Up> -> Pointer<Pressed/Released> in bevy_picking. (#16331)
# Objective
Fixes #16192 

## Solution
I renamed the Pointer<Down/Up> to <Pressed/Released> and then I resolved
all the errors.
Renamed variables like "is_down" to "is_pressed" to maintain
consistency.
Modified the docs in places where 'down/up' were used to maintain
consistency.

## Testing

I haven't tested this in any way beside the checks from rust analyzer
and the examples in the examples/ directory.

---

## Migration Guide

### `bevy_picking/src/pointer.rs`:
#### `enum PressDirection`:

- `PressDirection::Down` changes to `PressDirection::Pressed`.
- `PressDirection::Up` changes to `PressDirection::Released`.

	These changes are also relevant when working with `enum PointerAction`

### `bevy_picking/src/events.rs`:
Clicking and pressing Events in events.rs categories change from [Down],
[Up], [Click] to [Pressed], [Released], [Click].

- `struct Down` changes to `struct Pressed` - fires when a pointer
button is pressed over the 'target' entity.
- `struct Up` changes to `struct Released` - fires when a pointer button
is released over the 'target' entity.
- `struct Click` now fires when a pointer sends a Pressed event followed
by a Released event on the same 'target'.
- `struct DragStart` now fires when the 'target' entity receives a
pointer Pressed event followed by a pointer Move event.
- `struct DragEnd` now fires when the 'target' entity is being dragged
and receives a pointer Released event.
- `PickingEventWriters<'w>::down_events: EventWriter<'w, Pointer<Down>>`
changes to `PickingEventWriters<'w>::pressed_events: EventWriter<'w,
Pointer<Pressed>>`.
- `PickingEventWriters<'w>::up_events changes to
PickingEventWriters<'w>::released_events`.

---------

Co-authored-by: Harun Ibram <harun.ibram@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
2024-12-10 02:20:48 +00:00
Aevyrie 61b98ec80f Rename trigger.entity() to trigger.target() (#16716)
# Objective

- A `Trigger` has multiple associated `Entity`s - the entity observing
the event, and the entity that was targeted by the event.
- The field `entity: Entity` encodes no semantic information about what
the entity is used for, you can already tell that it's an `Entity` by
the type signature!

## Solution

- Rename `trigger.entity()` to `trigger.target()`

---

## Changelog

- `Trigger`s are associated with multiple entities. `Trigger::entity()`
has been renamed to `Trigger::target()` to reflect the semantics of the
entity being returned.

## Migration Guide

- Rename `Trigger::entity()` to `Trigger::target()`.
- Rename `ObserverTrigger::entity` to `ObserverTrigger::target`
2024-12-08 21:55:09 +00:00
andristarr 7482a0d26d aligning public apis of Time,Timer and Stopwatch (#15962)
Fixes #15834

## Migration Guide

The APIs of `Time`, `Timer` and `Stopwatch` have been cleaned up for
consistency with each other and the standard library's `Duration` type.
The following methods have been renamed:

- `Stowatch::paused` -> `Stopwatch::is_paused`
- `Time::elapsed_seconds` -> `Time::elasped_secs` (including `_f64` and
`_wrapped` variants)
2024-10-16 21:09:32 +00:00
NiseVoid bdd0af6bfb Deprecate SpatialBundle (#15830)
# Objective

- Required components replace bundles, but `SpatialBundle` is yet to be
deprecated

## Solution

- Deprecate `SpatialBundle`
- Insert `Transform` and `Visibility` instead in examples using it
- In `spawn` or `insert` inserting a default `Transform` or `Visibility`
with component already requiring either, remove those components from
the tuple

## Testing

- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
Yes, I ran the examples I changed and tests
- Are there any parts that need more testing?
The `gamepad_viewer` and and `custom_shader_instancing` examples don't
work as intended due to entirely unrelated code, didn't check main.
- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know?
Run examples, or just check that all spawned values are identical
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
Linux, wayland trough x11 (cause that's the default feature)

---

## Migration Guide

`SpatialBundle` is now deprecated, insert `Transform` and `Visibility`
instead which will automatically insert all other components that were
in the bundle. If you do not specify these values and any other
components in your `spawn`/`insert` call already requires either of
these components you can leave that one out.

before:
```rust
commands.spawn(SpatialBundle::default());
```

after:
```rust
commands.spawn((Transform::default(), Visibility::default());
```
2024-10-13 17:28:22 +00:00
Joona Aalto bd0c74644f Fix sprite and picking examples (#15803)
# Objective

Looks like #15489 broke some examples :) And there are some other issues
as well.

Gabe's brother Gabe is tiny in the `sprite_animation` example:


![kuva](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/810ce110-ecd8-4ca5-94c8-a5655f381131)

Gabe is not running in the `sprite_picking` example, and (unrelated) is
also very blurry: (note that the screenshot is a bit zoomed in)


![kuva](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cb115a71-e3fe-41ed-817c-d5215c44adb5)

Unrelated to sprites, the text in the `simple_picking` example is way
too dark when hovered:


![kuva](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f0f9e331-8d03-44ea-becd-bf22ad68ea71)

## Solution

Both Gabes are now the correct size:


![kuva](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/08eb936a-0341-471e-90f6-2e7067871e5b)

Gabe is crisp and running:


![kuva](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8fa158e8-2caa-4339-bbcd-2c14b7cfc04f)

The text has better contrast:


![kuva](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2af09523-0bdc-45a7-9149-50aa9c754957)
2024-10-09 23:51:28 +00:00
Emerson Coskey 7d40e3ec87 Migrate bevy_sprite to required components (#15489)
# Objective

Continue migration of bevy APIs to required components, following
guidance of https://hackmd.io/@bevy/required_components/

## Solution

- Make `Sprite` require `Transform` and `Visibility` and
`SyncToRenderWorld`
- move image and texture atlas handles into `Sprite`
- deprecate `SpriteBundle`
- remove engine uses of `SpriteBundle`

## Testing

ran cargo tests on bevy_sprite and tested several sprite examples.

---

## Migration Guide

Replace all uses of `SpriteBundle` with `Sprite`. There are several new
convenience constructors: `Sprite::from_image`,
`Sprite::from_atlas_image`, `Sprite::from_color`.

WARNING: use of `Handle<Image>` and `TextureAtlas` as components on
sprite entities will NO LONGER WORK. Use the fields on `Sprite` instead.
I would have removed the `Component` impls from `TextureAtlas` and
`Handle<Image>` except it is still used within ui. We should fix this
moving forward with the migration.
2024-10-09 16:17:26 +00:00
Joona Aalto 25bfa80e60 Migrate cameras to required components (#15641)
# Objective

Yet another PR for migrating stuff to required components. This time,
cameras!

## Solution

As per the [selected
proposal](https://hackmd.io/tsYID4CGRiWxzsgawzxG_g#Combined-Proposal-1-Selected),
deprecate `Camera2dBundle` and `Camera3dBundle` in favor of `Camera2d`
and `Camera3d`.

Adding a `Camera` without `Camera2d` or `Camera3d` now logs a warning,
as suggested by Cart [on
Discord](https://discord.com/channels/691052431525675048/1264881140007702558/1291506402832945273).
I would personally like cameras to work a bit differently and be split
into a few more components, to avoid some footguns and confusing
semantics, but that is more controversial, and shouldn't block this core
migration.

## Testing

I ran a few 2D and 3D examples, and tried cameras with and without
render graphs.

---

## Migration Guide

`Camera2dBundle` and `Camera3dBundle` have been deprecated in favor of
`Camera2d` and `Camera3d`. Inserting them will now also insert the other
components required by them automatically.
2024-10-05 01:59:52 +00:00
mgi388 1bb8007dce Fix typo in sprite_picking.rs example (#15292)
Simple typo I noticed while reading example.
2024-09-19 00:46:40 +00:00
Benjamin Brienen 29508f065f Fix floating point math (#15239)
# Objective

- Fixes #15236

## Solution

- Use bevy_math::ops instead of std floating point operations.

## Testing

- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
Unit tests and `cargo run -p ci -- test`

- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know?
Execute `cargo run -p ci -- test` on Windows.

- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
Windows

## Migration Guide

- Not a breaking change
- Projects should use bevy math where applicable

---------

Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: IQuick 143 <IQuick143cz@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Joona Aalto <jondolf.dev@gmail.com>
2024-09-16 23:28:12 +00:00
JoshValjosh 3540b87e17 Add bevy_picking sprite backend (#14757)
# Objective

Add `bevy_picking` sprite backend as part of the `bevy_mod_picking`
upstreamening (#12365).

## Solution

More or less a copy/paste from `bevy_mod_picking`, with the changes
[here](https://github.com/aevyrie/bevy_mod_picking/pull/354). I'm
putting that link here since those changes haven't yet made it through
review, so should probably be reviewed on their own.

## Testing

I couldn't find any sprite-backend-specific tests in `bevy_mod_picking`
and unfortunately I'm not familiar enough with Bevy's testing patterns
to write tests for code that relies on windowing and input. I'm willing
to break the pointer hit system into testable blocks and add some more
modular tests if that's deemed important enough to block, otherwise I
can open an issue for adding tests as follow-up.

## Follow-up work

- More docs/tests
- Ignore pick events on transparent sprite pixels with potential opt-out

---------

Co-authored-by: Aevyrie <aevyrie@gmail.com>
2024-08-26 18:01:32 +00:00