Mouse object X & Y coordinates

Mouse object X and Y data members report the coordinates relative to
computer screen.
Is there a way to get mouse X and Y coordinates relative to Lookout
window similar to Panel object x and y data members?
Sergei

Hi John,
Unfortunately Mouse1.X & Y values will change when
you resize/move/drag the Lookout window.
In other words the mouse object x & y
members are relative to computer screen
while Panel object x and y members are
relative to Lookout window.
I don't think its very wise having
two different coordinate systems in Lookout.
At least there should be a way to get the Lookout
window position (offset) within the computer screen
to make any practical use of these different coordinate
systems.
Sergei
John Dunlop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You could use an expression like :
>
> Mouse1.X-Panel1.X
>
> which puts it relative to the panel. But there isnt a Lookout system
> XY datamember. The panel XY members take this into account.
>
> John
>

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Then the Frame changes and under where the mouse is hiding a TextField appears (*NOT an input TextField, just a Dynamic Text) suddenly the mouse
reappears, but it appears as the text selection pointer (*i.e. the one that looks like an Upper-Case "i"). And it won't disappear unless I move the pointer
again, Strange..! I guess I could fix this by changing all my TextFields to be NOT selectable, but I was just curious if anyone else had experienced this?
Anyway, any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in Advance,
Matt

I decided which way I'm going to go with this and it seems to be doing the trick
I'm using this C/C++ program I found online, which I eneded up tweeking a little bit since it was a pretty old code so some things were
a bit out dated like the libraries, and a few other things. It uses the "X11" library in order to access elements of the screen including input
devices like the mouse and keyboard.
You simply execute the command on the CLI and pass it an X and Y Coordinate. Then once executed it will simply move the mouse to those
coordniates specified, and apparently emulate a Right-Click from the mouse. I'm not exactly sure if it will actually do the right-click, but for my
purposes just moving the mouse ever so slightly will be enough to bring the Flash Movie inside Firefox into focus.
I then created a simple Shell Script which will run on boot up and will sit in a loop checking if Firefox is running, if it is found running, then it waits
about 10 seconds or so, then executes the "clickMouse" program and moves the mouse to the specified coordinates. I tested it once or twice
and it seems to be doing the trick.
Here is the uncompilied code for the C program:
     *Once compilied you execute the program and pass it an X and Y Coordinate like this -->   "./clickMouse 1000 500"
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <X11/Xutil.h>
void mouseClick(int button)
    Display *display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
    XEvent event;
    if(display == NULL)
        fprintf(stderr, "Errore nell'apertura del Display !!!\n");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    memset(&event, 0x00, sizeof(event));
    event.type = ButtonPress;
    event.xbutton.button = button;
    event.xbutton.same_screen = True;
    XQueryPointer(display, RootWindow(display, DefaultScreen(display)), &event.xbutton.root, &event.xbutton.window, &event.xbutton.x_root, &event.xbutton.y_root, &event.xbutton.x, &event.xbutton.y, &event.xbutton.state);
    event.xbutton.subwindow = event.xbutton.window;
    while(event.xbutton.subwindow)
        event.xbutton.window = event.xbutton.subwindow;
        XQueryPointer(display, event.xbutton.window, &event.xbutton.root, &event.xbutton.subwindow, &event.xbutton.x_root, &event.xbutton.y_root, &event.xbutton.x, &event.xbutton.y, &event.xbutton.state);
    if(XSendEvent(display, PointerWindow, True, 0xfff, &event) == 0) fprintf(stderr, "Error\n");
    XFlush(display);
    usleep(100000);
    event.type = ButtonRelease;
    event.xbutton.state = 0x100;
    if(XSendEvent(display, PointerWindow, True, 0xfff, &event) == 0) fprintf(stderr, "Error\n");
    XFlush(display);
    XCloseDisplay(display);
int main(int argc,char * argv[])
     int i=0;
     int x , y;
     x=atoi(argv[1]);
     y=atoi(argv[2]);
     Display *display = XOpenDisplay(0)
     Window root = DefaultRootWindow(display);
     XWarpPointer(display, None, root, 0, 0, 0, 0, x, y);
     mouseClick(Button1);
     XFlush(display);
     XCloseDisplay(display);
     return 0;
I'm not too proficient in C, a little bit more in C++, so I didn't realy change much from the original code except add a "main()" section to this one in order
to execute the "mouseClick()" function.
F.Y.I.
I kept the Actionscript code for the Mouse.hide() stuff, so this C program works with the Mouse.hide() code...
Thanks Again,
Matt

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