#Get mouse coordinates how to#
#Get mouse coordinates code#

This dialog will tell you the x and y location of your mouse. What you will notice the app doing is presenting you with a dialog over and over and over again until you click cancel or quit the app. You can use the jQuery event.pageX and event.pageY in combination with the jQuery offset() method to get the position of mouse pointer relative to an element.

#Get mouse coordinates how to#

This window can be modified using '*Interface Builder*', but I won't go into how to do that right now. My performSelector withObject_afterDelay('getMouseXY', missing value, 0.1)Ĩ) Press *Command + S* to save the script and then press *Command + R* to compile and run your new app.Īfter Xcode compiles and runs your new app, all you will see is a generic window. Set yMouse to item 2 of mouseLocation as integerĭisplay dialog 'X=' & xMouse & ', Y=' & yMouse giving up after 1 Set xMouse to item 1 of mouseLocation as integer Set mouseLocation to pNSEvent's mouseLocation() as list My performSelector withObject_afterDelay('getMouseXY', missing value, 0) Return current application's NSTerminateNow

#Get mouse coordinates code#

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My code doesn't seem to be working and there are no console errors. Insert code here to initialize your application before any files are opened I am trying to get the relative coordinates of the mouse in an element in React using jQuery. On applicationWillFinishLaunching_(aNotification) Best coordinates finder program out there (tried 4 programs). 3) The program automatically shows the coordinates of your mouse, so you don't have to click any buttons. YourAppNameDelegate.applescript' file to open it in a new editor window 2) Move your mouse to where you want to find the coordinates of.

Here are some basic instructions for building an app that will get the current x and y locations of your mouse.ģ) Select '*Cocoa-AppleScript Application*' and click 'Ĥ) Give your new app a name, choose where to save it, and click 'ĥ) Click the disclosure triangle located to the left of the folder named ' You can also go with clientX and clientY properties to get mouse coordinates. For the sake of simplicity, we are going to get the position of the mouse pointer whenever we click or move anywhere in the document. Like Craig mentioned, you'll have to use ' The pageX property will give us horizontal coordinates and the pageY property will give us vertical coordinates.