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Provide access to the original target of entity-events in observers (#19663)

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# Objective

Getting access to the original target of an entity-event is really
helpful when working with bubbled / propagated events.

`bevy_picking` special-cases this, but users have requested this for all
sorts of bubbled events.

The existing naming convention was also very confusing. Fixes
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/17112, but also see #18982.

## Solution

1. Rename `ObserverTrigger::target` -> `current_target`.
1. Store `original_target: Option<Entity>` in `ObserverTrigger`.
1. Wire it up so this field gets set correctly.
1. Remove the `target` field on the `Pointer` events from
`bevy_picking`.

Closes https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/18710, which attempted
the same thing. Thanks @emfax!

## Testing

I've modified an existing test to check that the entities returned
during event bubbling / propagation are correct.

## Notes to reviewers

It's a little weird / sad that you can no longer access this infromation
via the buffered events for `Pointer`. That said, you already couldn't
access any bubbled target. We should probably remove the `BufferedEvent`
form of `Pointer` to reduce confusion and overhead, but I didn't want to
do so here.

Observer events can be trivially converted into buffered events (write
an observer with an EventWriter), and I suspect that that is the better
migration if you want the controllable timing or performance
characteristics of buffered events for your specific use case.

## Future work

It would be nice to not store this data at all (and not expose any
methods) if propagation was disabled. That involves more trait
shuffling, and I don't think we should do it here for reviewability.

---------

Co-authored-by: Joona Aalto <jondolf.dev@gmail.com>
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66
crates/bevy_ecs/src/observer/mod.rs
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@ -253,9 +253,21 @@ impl<'w, E, B: Bundle> On<'w, E, B> {
impl<'w, E: EntityEvent, B: Bundle> On<'w, E, B> {
/// Returns the [`Entity`] that was targeted by the `event` that triggered this observer.
///
/// Note that if event propagation is enabled, this may not be the same as the original target of the event,
/// which can be accessed via [`On::original_target`].
///
/// If the event was not targeted at a specific entity, this will return [`Entity::PLACEHOLDER`].
pub fn target(&self) -> Entity {
self.trigger.target.unwrap_or(Entity::PLACEHOLDER)
self.trigger.current_target.unwrap_or(Entity::PLACEHOLDER)
}
/// Returns the original [`Entity`] that the `event` was targeted at when it was first triggered.
///
/// If event propagation is not enabled, this will always return the same value as [`On::target`].
///
/// If the event was not targeted at a specific entity, this will return [`Entity::PLACEHOLDER`].
pub fn original_target(&self) -> Entity {
self.trigger.original_target.unwrap_or(Entity::PLACEHOLDER)
}
/// Enables or disables event propagation, allowing the same event to trigger observers on a chain of different entities.
@ -483,8 +495,15 @@ pub struct ObserverTrigger {
pub event_type: ComponentId,
/// The [`ComponentId`]s the trigger targeted.
components: SmallVec<[ComponentId; 2]>,
/// The entity the trigger targeted.
pub target: Option<Entity>,
/// The entity that the entity-event targeted, if any.
///
/// Note that if event propagation is enabled, this may not be the same as [`ObserverTrigger::original_target`].
pub current_target: Option<Entity>,
/// The entity that the entity-event was originally targeted at, if any.
///
/// If event propagation is enabled, this will be the first entity that the event was targeted at,
/// even if the event was propagated to other entities.
pub original_target: Option<Entity>,
/// The location of the source code that triggered the observer.
pub caller: MaybeLocation,
}
@ -573,7 +592,8 @@ impl Observers {
pub(crate) fn invoke<T>(
mut world: DeferredWorld,
event_type: ComponentId,
target: Option<Entity>,
current_target: Option<Entity>,
original_target: Option<Entity>,
components: impl Iterator<Item = ComponentId> + Clone,
data: &mut T,
propagate: &mut bool,
@ -601,7 +621,8 @@ impl Observers {
observer,
event_type,
components: components.clone().collect(),
target,
current_target,
original_target,
caller,
},
data.into(),
@ -612,7 +633,7 @@ impl Observers {
observers.map.iter().for_each(&mut trigger_observer);
// Trigger entity observers listening for this kind of trigger
if let Some(target_entity) = target {
if let Some(target_entity) = current_target {
if let Some(map) = observers.entity_observers.get(&target_entity) {
map.iter().for_each(&mut trigger_observer);
}
@ -626,7 +647,7 @@ impl Observers {
.iter()
.for_each(&mut trigger_observer);
if let Some(target_entity) = target {
if let Some(target_entity) = current_target {
if let Some(map) = component_observers.entity_map.get(&target_entity) {
map.iter().for_each(&mut trigger_observer);
}
@ -752,6 +773,7 @@ impl World {
world.trigger_observers_with_data::<_, ()>(
event_id,
None,
None,
core::iter::empty::<ComponentId>(),
event_data,
false,
@ -863,6 +885,7 @@ impl World {
world.trigger_observers_with_data::<_, E::Traversal>(
event_id,
None,
None,
targets.components(),
event_data,
false,
@ -876,6 +899,7 @@ impl World {
world.trigger_observers_with_data::<_, E::Traversal>(
event_id,
Some(target_entity),
Some(target_entity),
targets.components(),
event_data,
E::AUTO_PROPAGATE,
@ -1543,21 +1567,27 @@ mod tests {
let mut world = World::new();
world.init_resource::<Order>();
let parent = world
.spawn_empty()
.observe(|_: On<EventPropagating>, mut res: ResMut<Order>| {
let parent = world.spawn_empty().id();
let child = world.spawn(ChildOf(parent)).id();
world.entity_mut(parent).observe(
move |trigger: On<EventPropagating>, mut res: ResMut<Order>| {
res.observed("parent");
})
.id();
let child = world
.spawn(ChildOf(parent))
.observe(|_: On<EventPropagating>, mut res: ResMut<Order>| {
assert_eq!(trigger.target(), parent);
assert_eq!(trigger.original_target(), child);
},
);
world.entity_mut(child).observe(
move |trigger: On<EventPropagating>, mut res: ResMut<Order>| {
res.observed("child");
})
.id();
assert_eq!(trigger.target(), child);
assert_eq!(trigger.original_target(), child);
},
);
// TODO: ideally this flush is not necessary, but right now observe() returns WorldEntityMut
// TODO: ideally this flush is not necessary, but right now observe() returns EntityWorldMut
// and therefore does not automatically flush.
world.flush();
world.trigger_targets(EventPropagating, child);

18
crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/deferred_world.rs
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@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ impl<'w> DeferredWorld<'w> {
self.reborrow(),
event,
target,
target,
components,
&mut (),
&mut false,
@ -762,7 +763,8 @@ impl<'w> DeferredWorld<'w> {
pub(crate) unsafe fn trigger_observers_with_data<E, T>(
&mut self,
event: ComponentId,
target: Option<Entity>,
current_target: Option<Entity>,
original_target: Option<Entity>,
components: impl Iterator<Item = ComponentId> + Clone,
data: &mut E,
mut propagate: bool,
@ -773,32 +775,36 @@ impl<'w> DeferredWorld<'w> {
Observers::invoke::<_>(
self.reborrow(),
event,
target,
current_target,
original_target,
components.clone(),
data,
&mut propagate,
caller,
);
let Some(mut target) = target else { return };
let Some(mut current_target) = current_target else {
return;
};
loop {
if !propagate {
return;
}
if let Some(traverse_to) = self
.get_entity(target)
.get_entity(current_target)
.ok()
.and_then(|entity| entity.get_components::<T>())
.and_then(|item| T::traverse(item, data))
{
target = traverse_to;
current_target = traverse_to;
} else {
break;
}
Observers::invoke::<_>(
self.reborrow(),
event,
Some(target),
Some(current_target),
original_target,
components.clone(),
data,
&mut propagate,

35
crates/bevy_picking/src/events.rs
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@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ use crate::{
#[entity_event(traversal = PointerTraversal, auto_propagate)]
#[reflect(Component, Debug, Clone)]
pub struct Pointer<E: Debug + Clone + Reflect> {
/// The original target of this picking event, before bubbling
pub target: Entity,
/// The pointer that triggered this event
pub pointer_id: PointerId,
/// The location of the pointer during this event
@ -126,9 +124,8 @@ impl<E: Debug + Clone + Reflect> core::ops::Deref for Pointer<E> {
impl<E: Debug + Clone + Reflect> Pointer<E> {
/// Construct a new `Pointer<E>` event.
pub fn new(id: PointerId, location: Location, target: Entity, event: E) -> Self {
pub fn new(id: PointerId, location: Location, event: E) -> Self {
Self {
target,
pointer_id: id,
pointer_location: location,
event,
@ -497,12 +494,7 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
};
// Always send Out events
let out_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
Out { hit: hit.clone() },
);
let out_event = Pointer::new(pointer_id, location.clone(), Out { hit: hit.clone() });
commands.trigger_targets(out_event.clone(), hovered_entity);
event_writers.out_events.write(out_event);
@ -514,7 +506,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let drag_leave_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
DragLeave {
button,
dragged: *drag_target,
@ -556,7 +547,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let drag_enter_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
DragEnter {
button,
dragged: *drag_target,
@ -569,12 +559,7 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
}
// Always send Over events
let over_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
Over { hit: hit.clone() },
);
let over_event = Pointer::new(pointer_id, location.clone(), Over { hit: hit.clone() });
commands.trigger_targets(over_event.clone(), hovered_entity);
event_writers.over_events.write(over_event);
}
@ -600,7 +585,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let pressed_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
Press {
button,
hit: hit.clone(),
@ -628,7 +612,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let click_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
Click {
button,
hit: hit.clone(),
@ -642,7 +625,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let released_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
Release {
button,
hit: hit.clone(),
@ -659,7 +641,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let drag_drop_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
*dragged_over,
DragDrop {
button,
dropped: drag_target,
@ -673,7 +654,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let drag_end_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
drag_target,
DragEnd {
button,
distance: drag.latest_pos - drag.start_pos,
@ -686,7 +666,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let drag_leave_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
*dragged_over,
DragLeave {
button,
dragged: drag_target,
@ -727,7 +706,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let drag_start_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
*press_target,
DragStart {
button,
hit: hit.clone(),
@ -746,7 +724,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let drag_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
*drag_target,
Drag {
button,
distance: location.position - drag.start_pos,
@ -769,7 +746,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let drag_over_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
DragOver {
button,
dragged: *drag_target,
@ -791,7 +767,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let move_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
Move {
hit: hit.clone(),
delta,
@ -811,7 +786,6 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
let scroll_event = Pointer::new(
pointer_id,
location.clone(),
hovered_entity,
Scroll {
unit,
x,
@ -831,8 +805,7 @@ pub fn pointer_events(
.iter()
.flat_map(|h| h.iter().map(|(entity, data)| (*entity, data.to_owned())))
{
let cancel_event =
Pointer::new(pointer_id, location.clone(), hovered_entity, Cancel { hit });
let cancel_event = Pointer::new(pointer_id, location.clone(), Cancel { hit });
commands.trigger_targets(cancel_event.clone(), hovered_entity);
event_writers.cancel_events.write(cancel_event);
}

2
examples/ecs/error_handling.rs
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@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fn fallible_observer(
mut step: Local<f32>,
) -> Result {
let mut transform = world
.get_mut::<Transform>(trigger.target)
.get_mut::<Transform>(trigger.target())
.ok_or("No transform found.")?;
*step = if transform.translation.x > 3. {

1
examples/ui/directional_navigation.rs
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@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ fn interact_with_focused_button(
if let Some(focused_entity) = input_focus.0 {
commands.trigger_targets(
Pointer::<Click> {
target: focused_entity,
// We're pretending that we're a mouse
pointer_id: PointerId::Mouse,
// This field isn't used, so we're just setting it to a placeholder value

6
examples/usages/context_menu.rs
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@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fn text_color_on_hover<T: Debug + Clone + Reflect>(
move |mut trigger: On<Pointer<T>>,
mut text_color: Query<&mut TextColor>,
children: Query<&Children>| {
let Ok(children) = children.get(trigger.event().target) else {
let Ok(children) = children.get(trigger.original_target()) else {
return;
};
trigger.propagate(false);
@ -112,9 +112,7 @@ fn on_trigger_menu(trigger: On<OpenContextMenu>, mut commands: Commands) {
menu_items: Query<&ContextMenuItem>,
mut clear_col: ResMut<ClearColor>,
mut commands: Commands| {
// Note that we want to know the target of the `Pointer<Press>` event (Button) here.
// Not to be confused with the trigger `target`
let target = trigger.event().target;
let target = trigger.original_target();
if let Ok(item) = menu_items.get(target) {
clear_col.0 = item.0.into();

30
release-content/migration-guides/pointer_target.md Normal file
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@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
---
title: Original target of `Pointer` picking events is now stored on observers
pull_requests: [19663]
---
The `Pointer.target` field, which tracks the original target of the pointer event before bubbling, has been removed.
Instead, all observers now track this information, available via the `On::original_target()` method.
If you were using this information via the buffered event API of picking, please migrate to observers.
If you cannot for performance reasons, please open an issue explaining your exact use case!
As a workaround, you can transform any entity-event into a buffered event that contains the targeted entity using
an observer than emits events.
```rust
#[derive(Event, BufferedEvent)]
struct TransformedEntityEvent<E: EntityEvent> {
entity: Entity,
event: E,
}
// A generic observer that handles this transformation
fn transform_entity_event<E: EntityEvent>(trigger: On<E>, event_writer: EventWriter<TransformedEntityEvent<E>>){
if trigger.target() == trigger.original_target(){
event_writer.send(trigger.event())
}
}
```
Additionally, the `ObserverTrigger::target` field has been renamed to `ObserverTrigger::current_target` and a new `ObserverTrigger::original_target` field has been added.

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release-content/release-notes/observer_overhaul.md
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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
---
title: Observer Overhaul
authors: ["@Jondolf"]
pull_requests: [19596]
authors: ["@Jondolf", "@alice-i-cecile"]
pull_requests: [19596, 19663]
---
## Rename `Trigger` to `On`
@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ where observers are very high-traffic APIs.
One concern that may come to mind is that `Add` can sometimes conflict with the `core::ops::Add` trait.
However, in practice these scenarios should be rare, and when you do get conflicts, it should be straightforward
to disambiguate by using `ops::Add`, for example.
## Original targets
`bevy_picking`'s `Pointer` events have always tracked the original target that an entity-event was targeting,
allowing you to bubble events up your hierarchy to see if any of the parents care,
then act on the entity that was actually picked in the first place.
This was handy! We've enabled this functionality for all entity-events: simply call `On::original_target`.