# Detect the cardinal direction of mouse pointer

**URL:** <https://phaser.discourse.group/t/detect-the-cardinal-direction-of-mouse-pointer/3795>\
**Category:** Phaser 3\
**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/detect-the-cardinal-direction-of-mouse-pointer/3795 "2019-09-24T07:27:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![samme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/samme/32/5275_2.png) [@samme](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/samme)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/detect-the-cardinal-direction-of-mouse-pointer/3795/4 "2019-09-25T18:32:29Z")

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Here is one way to do it:

https://codepen.io/samme/embed/preview/JjPzaVb?default-tabs=js%2Cresult&height=300&host=https%3A%2F%2Fcodepen.io&slug-hash=JjPzaVb

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