Get Ctrl (ID or handle) that is under mouse

[corgano]

I want to find out what Control is under the mouse, and the ID or handle of it. I know this has been asked before, but I searched with google (site:autoitscript.com control from pos ,and others) and the sites search but got nothing. can anyone post an example they might have laying around?

EDIT:

I was secucessfully able to get the control handle and ID of any control, but the script would rather return the ID of a goop then the control in the goop.

Edited January 24, 2010 by corgano

[Mat]

_WinAPI_WindowFromPoint

For example of use check out my UDF for making a finder tool here, or look on the forums for lazycats example which I based it on.

Edited January 24, 2010 by Mat

[Melba23]

corgano,

Someone brought this topic to my attention earlier today. I have not used it myself, but given its pedigree it might be worth a look.

M23

[corgano]

corgano,

Someone brought this topic to my attention earlier today. I have not used it myself, but given its pedigree it might be worth a look.

M23

DUDE

Thats exactly what I was looking for. I even posted in that thread, funny I didn't remember!

OK that didnt work

It was returning a diffenent controlID than autoiT window tool. Any other ones i could try?

Edited January 24, 2010 by corgano

[picea892]

I guess this is solved. But for a simpler example you can see here.

[corgano]

I guess this is solved. But for a simpler example you can see here.

Not yet...

How do I get the control ID from the control handle? I tried using control click with a control handle but it didn't work. How do I get a Control ID from a control handle? This works perfectly for handle (derived by Mat's window finder tool)

Func click()
    $INTERNAL_USER32_DLL = DllOpen("user32.dll")
    Local $mPos = MouseGetPos (), $hWndUnder = DllCall($INTERNAL_USER32_DLL, "hwnd", "WindowFromPoint", "long", $mPos[0], "long", $mPos[1])
    FileWrite($file,'WinWaitActive("'&WinGetTitle("[ACTIVE]")&'")' & @CRLF)
    FileWrite($file,'ControlClick("'&WinGetTitle("[ACTIVE]")&'","",'&$hWndUnder[0]&')' & @CRLF)
    MouseClick("left")
EndFunc

[Melba23]

corgano,

If you have the handle, _WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID will get you the ControlID.

M23

[corgano]

Ok thank you people

just in summary:

$INTERNAL_USER32_DLL = DllOpen("user32.dll")
    Local $mPos = MouseGetPos (), $hWndUnder = DllCall($INTERNAL_USER32_DLL, "hwnd", "WindowFromPoint", "long", $mPos[0], "long", $mPos[1])
;this will get you the handle, from mats window finder tool
$ID = _WinAPI_GetDlgCtrlID($hWndUnder[0])
;this will get you the ID

Happy with how small it is! Thankyou everyone who posted

Edited January 24, 2010 by corgano

[corgano]

OK new problem, I am trying to get the control handle or id of a control inside a goop, the previous script only returns the goop control ID, not the control in the goop. How do I get past this?