MouseYPos (Function)

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MouseYPos (Function)

In french: SourisPosY

Used in an linked event with the mouse or stylus (click code, hover code, left or right button pressed code, ...) returns the vertical position (Y) of the mouse cursor in relation to the control or the window considered.

You can find out:

the position of the mouse (or the stylus) when left clicking in an Image control (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)

Used in a browser event (of an Control or a page), returns the vertical (Y) position of the mouse cursor to the specified cue point.

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 (or Y coordinate) of mouse cursor in relation 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 in relation to the top left corner of control (or page if the event occurs on the page).
If this constant is selected, MouseYPos must be used in the "OnClick" code of control.
mpScreen Mouse position in the screen (in relation to the top left corner of screen).
mpPage Mouse position in relation to the top left corner of page (while taking the page "scrolling" into account).

Remarks

Limits in browser code

MouseYPos is not available:

in the 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: wd260obj.dll