From 93e2d87390657011b93e0ceb68063d408d06d423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dandistine <34634876+dandistine@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 10:50:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add a GetTouch function

---
 dev/src/core.cpp           | 4 ++++
 dev/src/core.h             | 1 +
 examples/olcPGE3_Touch.cpp | 2 +-
 olcPixelGameEngine3.h      | 5 +++++
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dev/src/core.cpp b/dev/src/core.cpp
index 19da9c9..b170c9e 100644
--- a/dev/src/core.cpp
+++ b/dev/src/core.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ namespace olc
 		return keyboard;
 	}
 
+	olc::hw::Touch& PGEWindow::GetTouch() {
+		return touch;
+	}
+
 	const olc::vi2d& PGEWindow::ScreenSize()
 	{
 		return GetScreen().Size();
diff --git a/dev/src/core.h b/dev/src/core.h
index 231a0d4..46db13b 100644
--- a/dev/src/core.h
+++ b/dev/src/core.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ namespace olc
 		// Input devices are handled by a regular olc::Window, but for convenience...
 		olc::hw::Mouse& GetMouse();
 		olc::hw::Keyboard& GetKeyboard();
+		olc::hw::Touch& GetTouch();
 		
 		// Returns the current size of the "screen" in pixels
 		const olc::vi2d& ScreenSize();
diff --git a/examples/olcPGE3_Touch.cpp b/examples/olcPGE3_Touch.cpp
index c611e66..e465431 100644
--- a/examples/olcPGE3_Touch.cpp
+++ b/examples/olcPGE3_Touch.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Example_Touch : public olc::PixelGameEngine
 
 		// All "touches" get given a unique ID and are tracked by the OS. This ID
 		// could be anything, so we never really want to work with t directly.
-		auto touches = touch.GetTouchIDs();
+		auto touches = GetTouch().GetTouchIDs();
 
 		// Display total number of touches
 		draw.String({ 2.0f, 2.0f }, "Touch Points: " + std::to_string(touches.size()), olc::Colour::WHITE);
diff --git a/olcPixelGameEngine3.h b/olcPixelGameEngine3.h
index 3725ed0..02c2b8c 100644
--- a/olcPixelGameEngine3.h
+++ b/olcPixelGameEngine3.h
@@ -4401,6 +4401,7 @@ namespace olc
 		// Input devices are handled by a regular olc::Window, but for convenience...
 		olc::hw::Mouse& GetMouse();
 		olc::hw::Keyboard& GetKeyboard();
+		olc::hw::Touch& GetTouch();
 		
 		// Returns the current size of the "screen" in pixels
 		const olc::vi2d& ScreenSize();
@@ -20194,6 +20195,10 @@ namespace olc
 		return keyboard;
 	}
 
+	olc::hw::Touch& PGEWindow::GetTouch() {
+		return touch;
+	}
+
 	const olc::vi2d& PGEWindow::ScreenSize()
 	{
 		return GetScreen().Size();