change to using the pointer for this and look if the pointer has a previous state and if that was the same

Author: ritamerkl

Packages/com.unity.inputsystem/InputSystem/Controls/InputControlExtensions.cs

@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ public static bool HasButtonPress(this InputEventPtr eventPtr, float magnitude =
         /// in the devices state memory. For example, in the gamepad state, button north (bit position 4) will be evaluated before button
         /// east (bit position 5), so if both buttons were pressed in the given event, button north would be returned.
         /// Note that the function returns null if the <paramref name="eventPtr"/> is not a StateEvent or DeltaStateEvent.</remarks>
-        public static InputControl GetFirstButtonPressOrNull(this InputEventPtr eventPtr, float magnitude = -1, bool buttonControlsOnly = true)
+        public static unsafe InputControl GetFirstButtonPressOrNull(this InputEventPtr eventPtr, float magnitude = -1, bool buttonControlsOnly = true)
         {
             if (eventPtr.type != StateEvent.Type && eventPtr.type != DeltaStateEvent.Type)
                 return null;
@@ -1114,7 +1114,9 @@ public static InputControl GetFirstButtonPressOrNull(this InputEventPtr eventPtr
 
             foreach (var control in eventPtr.EnumerateControls(Enumerate.IgnoreControlsInDefaultState, magnitudeThreshold: magnitude))
             {
-                if (!control.HasValueChangeInEvent(eventPtr) && !(control.device is Touchscreen)) // touches can happen to not have a previous state to compare to after the touch started
+                // Continue if the control did change in the event or did not have a previous state to compare to.
+                var stateInEvent = control.GetStatePtrFromStateEvent(eventPtr);
+                if (stateInEvent == null || !control.CompareValue(control.currentStatePtr, stateInEvent))
                     continue;
                 if (buttonControlsOnly && !control.isButton)
                     continue;