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Interaction Lifecycle

The interaction lifecycle represents the possible statuses of an Interactor or Interactable. There are four possible statuses: Disabled, Normal, Hover, and Select.
Interactors and Interactables can only move between these states as follows:
Disabled <-> Normal <-> Hover <-> Select
Possible states of interactors and interactables
Interactors can be in any of the following states:
  • Disabled: The Interactor is in a disabled state where no hovering or selection can occur.
  • Normal: The default state.
  • Hover: The Interactor is in a state where it can select (may have optional Interactable).
  • Select: The Interactor is selecting (may have optional Interactable).
A poke interactor poking a cube that then displays the normal, hover, and select states
The cube is using the InteractorDebugVisual component to visually display the current state of a PokeInteractor. The interactor goes from normal (red) to hover (blue) and finally to select (green).
Interactables can be in any of the following states:
  • Disabled: The Interactable is in a disabled state where no hovering or selection can occur.
  • Normal: The default state.
  • Hover: The Interactable has one or more Interactors hovering (and none selecting it).
  • Select: The Interactable has one or more Interactors selecting it.

Learn more

Now that you know how the interaction lifecycle in Interaction SDK, continue on to the following guides:
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