VS:GetMouse
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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 is not accurate to the 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