The code I have is not very complicated because I'm new to this so I'm sure there's a simpler way to do this I just can't figure it out. My problem is that my program will run but my mousePressed code won't do anything. What I want is for my text to show up in the rectangles I've created when you click in them but nothing's happening. Any ideas?


float [] births = {
3.49, 3.61, 3.68, 3.63, 3.66, 3.76, 3.73, 3.82, 3.90,
4.02, 4.17, 4.11, 4.08,4.03, 3.97, 3.89, 3.89, 3.88, 3.94, 3.95, 4.05,
4.02, 4.02, 4.08, 4.11, 4.13 };
float [] year = { 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 };

PFont ff;


void setup ()
{
 size(400, 800);
 background( 245, 255, 134);
 smooth();
 ff = loadFont ("ff.vlw");
 stroke(0);
 rect(.25*width, .038*height, .5*width, .939*height);
 line(.5*width, .038*height, .5*width,.975*height);
 for( int i=0; i<year.length; i++)
 {
   strokeWeight(1);
   stroke(0);
   float y1 =(i+1)*((height)/(births.length+1));
   line(.25*width,y1,.75*width,y1);
 

 }  
}

void draw ()
{
 mousePressed ();
}

void mousePressed()
{
 for(int i=0; i<year.length; i++)
 {
   if(dist(25*width,.038*height, mouseX, mouseY)<720.8)
   {
     textFont(ff);
     strokeWeight(1);
     textAlign(LEFT);
     stroke(0,0,255);
     text("1979", .3*width,2*(.038*height));

I have more lines of text after this one, a lot more

at least not like in void mousepressed()
http://processing.org/reference/mousePressed_.html


you can still use mousePressed though
http://processing.org/reference/mousePressed.html