MouseYPos (Function)

ONLINE HELP
WINDEV, WEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Version:

Home | Sign in | English

Help

WLanguage

WLanguage functions

Standard functions

Windows management functions

Mouse functions

MouseYPos

Presentation

Example

Limits in browser code

Related examples

See also

MouseYPos (Function)

In french: SourisPosY

Returns the vertical position (Y) of the mouse cursor relative to the specified window or control. Used in a mouse or stylus process (click, hover, left or right button down, etc.).

You can get:

the position of the mouse (or stylus) when an Image control is clicked (function used in the "Click" event of the Image control)
the position of the mouse (or stylus) when hovering over a window (function used in the optional "Mouse hover" event of a window)

Returns the vertical position (Y) of the mouse cursor according to the specified marker. Used in a browser event of a control or page.

Remarks:

Example

// "Drawing" page hovered by the mouse
// Optional code of the page
// Mouse moved (onmousemove)
Message("Position of the mouse: X: " + MouseXPos(mpPage) + "Y: " + MouseYPos(mpPage))

Syntax

Retrieving the mouse position in a page Hide the details

<Result> = MouseYPos([<Marker>])

<Result>: Integer or real

Vertical position (Y-coordinate) of the mouse cursor relative to the specified marker, in pixels,
0 if the information is not available (depending on the browser used and on the control).

<Marker>: Optional integer constant

Indicates the marker used to calculate the position:
mpControl
(Default value) Mouse position relative to the upper-left corner of the control or page, depending on where the event occurs.
If this constant is selected, MouseYPos must be used in the "OnClick" code of the control.
mpPage Mouse position relative to the upper-left corner of the page (taking into account the position of the page if it has been scrolled).
mpScreen Mouse position in the screen (relative to the upper-left corner).

Remarks

Limits in browser code

MouseYPos is not available:

in browser procedures.
in the events directly or indirectly called from a browser procedure (via ExecuteProcess for example).

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): The drawing functions

[ + ] Using the main drawing functions of WINDEV to:
- Initialize an Image control for drawing
- Draw simple shapes
- Write a text into a drawing
- Change the color in a drawing

Component: wd270obj.dll