Carbon


GetMouse

Header: Events.h Carbon status: Supported

Obtains the current mouse location.

void GetMouse (
    Point *mouseLoc
);
Parameter descriptions
mouseLoc

Returns a pointer to a point describing the current mouse location in local coordinates of the current graphics port (for example, the active window). Note that this value differs from the value of the where field of the event structure, which specifies the mouse location in global coordinates.

AVAILABILITY

Supported in Carbon. Available in Carbon 1.0.2 and later when running Mac OS 8.1 or later.


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