Difference between revisions of "Global Command: setCursorPos"

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Sets the mouse cursor to the {x,y} position provided.
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<div class="alt-bg">Available since v3.3</div>
 
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Note that the coordinates must be provided in relation to the screen instead of in relation to the scene. This difference matters if your scene is larger than your screen resolution and thus scrollable.
  
Sets position (absolute) of the mouse cursor to the x,y position provided.
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|-
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| style="width:15%" | Related functions
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| [[Global Command: getCursorPos|getCursorPos]]
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Syntax:
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== Syntax ==
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 
setCursorPos(pos)
 
setCursorPos(pos)
 
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Example:
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== Parameters ==
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-- let's set mouse cursor to 240 by 480
 
setCursorPos({x=240,y=480})
 
  
-- you could of course use variables instead...
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{| class="ts"
local cPos = {x=240,y=480}
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setCursorPos(cPos)
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! style="width:15%" | Parameter
-- or ...
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! style="width:15%" colspan="2" | Type/Structure
setCursorPos({x=cPos.x,y=cPos.y})
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! colspan="2" | Description
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| rowspan="2" | pos
 
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| rowspan="2" | table
 
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| x (int)
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| style="width:25%" | Horizontal position (X coordinate)
 
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| rowspan="2" | Pass the position where the mouse cursor should be set to as a Visionaire "t_point" field: an associative array containing the elements '''x''' and '''y'''.
<span class="bold">pos</span>: point (x,y) <br/>
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The position where the mouse cursor should be be moved to. {x=int,y=int}
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| y (int)
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| Vertical position (Y coordinate)
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== Return values ==
  
 
none
 
none
  
  
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== Examples ==
  
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'''Example 1:''' Set the mouse cursor to position {240,480} of the screen.
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-- Pass a "t_point" table to the function
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setCursorPos({x=240,y=480})
  
 
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-- You could use a variable instead
{| style="background: #f0f0f0; border: 1px dashed darkgrey" width="100%"
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local cPos = {x=240,y=480}
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setCursorPos(cPos)
|<span class="bold">Relevant Pages</span>: [[GetCursorPos_(CMS)|getCursorPos]]
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Latest revision as of 17:31, 2 May 2023

Sets the mouse cursor to the {x,y} position provided.

Note that the coordinates must be provided in relation to the screen instead of in relation to the scene. This difference matters if your scene is larger than your screen resolution and thus scrollable.

Related functions getCursorPos


Syntax

setCursorPos(pos)


Parameters

Parameter Type/Structure Description
pos table x (int) Horizontal position (X coordinate) Pass the position where the mouse cursor should be set to as a Visionaire "t_point" field: an associative array containing the elements x and y.
y (int) Vertical position (Y coordinate)


Return values

none


Examples

Example 1: Set the mouse cursor to position {240,480} of the screen.

-- Pass a "t_point" table to the function
setCursorPos({x=240,y=480})

-- You could use a variable instead
local cPos = {x=240,y=480}
setCursorPos(cPos)