ShowBase window tends to reset its position when trying to grab it

Scripting Issues
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Hey,
I tried implementing a 3rd person camera for my application but it seems to produce some issues with the window properties. In the inherited class of ShowBase I add a task via self.taskMgr.add(self.OrbitCameraTask, 'thirdPersonCameraTask')

where OrbitCameraTask is:

def OrbitCameraTask(self,task):
        md = self.win.getPointer(0)
        if base.mouseWatcherNode.isButtonDown(MouseButton.one()):
            self.props.setCursorHidden(True)
            self.win.requestProperties(self.props)
            x = md.getX()
            y = md.getY()
            if self.win.movePointer(0, int(self.x_mouse_position), int(self.y_mouse_position)):
                self.heading = self.heading - (x - self.x_mouse_position) * 0.5
                self.pitch = self.pitch - (y - self.y_mouse_position) * 0.5
            if self.pitch > 90:
                self.pitch = 90
            elif self.pitch <-90:
                self.pitch = -90
            self.parentnode.setHpr(self.heading, self.pitch,0)
        else:
            self.props.setCursorHidden(False)
            self.win.requestProperties(self.props)
            self.x_mouse_position = md.getX()
            self.y_mouse_position = md.getY()
        return task.cont

When i dont bind the task, I can move the window without any problem, but adding the task resets the window to the original position, when i try to move it.

‘self.props’ is :

self.props = WindowProperties()
self.props.setOrigin(100, 100)
self.props.setSize(int(self.canvas_width), int(self.canvas_height))
self.setBackgroundColor(0,0,0)

Edit:
I think this behaiviour comes from setting the window properties from self.props, right? What would be the right way to hide and show the cursor in this case?

2

Yeah. You are reseting windows location and size every time.
You need to request a single cursor visibility option only:

properties = WindowProperties()
properties.set_cursor_hidden(True)
#properties.set_cursor_hidden(False)
self.win.request_properties(properties)  # request cursor option changes
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