How to change sprite of an entity?

[gmoller]

Hi,

What is the best practice for changing the sprite on an entity? For example, if I want to change the material of an entity created with a SpriteBundle to a different image when it is clicked.

Thanks,
Greg

[DJMcNab]

The easiest way would be to change it's Handle<ColorMaterial> component to be to a different sprite handle. You would generally store your sprite handles in a resource.

E.g.

fn my_change_system(sprites: Res<MySprites>, query: Query<&mut Handle<ColorMaterial>, With<MyEntity>>) {
let mut handle = query.single_mut();
*handle = sprites.surprised.clone();
}