input-keyboard-mouse-touch

# Input: Keyboard, Mouse, Touch, and Gamepad > Phaser provides a unified input system accessed via `this.input` in any Scene. It supports keyboard polling and events, mouse/pointer interaction with Game Objects (click, hover, drag), multi-touch, mouse wheel, and gamepad input. Input can be handled through event listeners or by polling state each frame. **Key source paths:** `src/input/InputPlugin.js`, `src/input/Pointer.js`, `src/input/keyboard/KeyboardPlugin.js`, `src/input/keyboard/keys/Key.js`, `src/input/keyboard/keys/KeyCodes.js`, `src/input/keyboard/combo/KeyCombo.js`, `src/input/gamepad/GamepadPlugin.js`, `src/input/gamepad/Gamepad.js`, `src/input/events/`, `src/input/keyboard/events/` **Related skills:** ../sprites-and-images/SKILL.md, ../events-system/SKILL.md, ../scenes/SKILL.md ## Quick Start (basic keyboard + pointer input) ```js class MyScene extends Phaser.Scene { create() { // Keyboard: create cursor keys (up, down, left, right, space, shift) this.cursors = this.input.keyboard.createCursorKeys(); // Keyboard: listen for a specific key event this.input.keyboard.on('keydown-SPACE', (event) => { console.log('Space pressed'); }); // Pointer: listen for click/tap anywhere on the game canvas this.input.on('pointerdown', (pointer) => { console.log('Clicked at', pointer.x, pointer.y); }); // Pointer: make a Game Object interactive and clickable const sprite...