VS:GetMouse
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
.VectorScript|VectorScript ..VS:Function Reference|Function Reference ..VS:Function_Reference_Appendix|Appendix
Description
Procedure GetMouse tracks and returns the current location of the cursor within the active VectorWorks document, allowing the cursor coordinates to be returned dynamically while moving the cursor onscreen.
PROCEDURE GetMouse(
VAR pX,pY :REAL);
def vs.GetMouse(): return p
Parameters
p REAL Returns current mouse coordinates.
Remarks
This function does not return accurate position of the mouse on the current 2D plane when in a 3D view.
Example
VectorScript
BEGIN WHILE NOT KeyDown(aCode) DO BEGIN GetMouse(CursX,CursY); Message('X : ',CursX,' Y : ',CursY); END; END; {displays the cursor coordinates as it is moved around onscreen}
Python
def Example(): isKeyDown, alakiCode = vs.KeyDown() while not(isKeyDown): CursPt = vs.GetMouse() vs.Message('X : ',CursPt[0],' Y : ',CursPt[1]) isKeyDown, alakiCode = vs.KeyDown() Example()
Version
Availability: from All Versions