system.gui.convertPointToScreen
Description
Converts a pair of coordinates that are relative to the upper-left corner of some component to be relative to the upper-left corner of the entire screen.
Syntax
system.gui. convertPointToScreen( x, y, event )
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Parameters
int x - The X-coordinate, relative to the component that fired the event.
int y - The Y-coordinate, relative to the component that fired the event.
EventObject event - An event object for a component event.
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Returns
PyTuple - A tuple of (x,y) in screen coordinates.
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Scope
All
Code Examples
Code Snippet
#This example will get the coordinates where the mouse is (from the corner of the monitor) and display them in a label.
#Get the screen coordinates of the pointer and write them to a label.
coords
=
system.gui.convertPointToScreen(event.x, event.y, event)
event.source.getComponent(
'Label'
).text
=
"x: %s y: %s"
%
(coords[
0
], coords[
1
])