MouseGetPos part of screen

[Rawox]

Hey..

I need to know of the cursor is in an apart piece of the screen. For example somewhere between 100 pxl, 100pxl and 200 pxl, 200pxl.

A piece of 100 pxls height and 100 pxls width as you can see.

Anyone?

Rawox

[Melba23]

Rawox,

You have the answer in your title - look at MouseGetPos in the Help file. Then use some If or Switch statements.

M23

P.S. You might like to look at Opt(MouseCoordMode) as well. ;-)

[Rawox]

I already tried these things. Isn't there an option like PixelSearch

left left coordinate of rectangle. 
top top coordinate of rectangle. 
right right coordinate of rectangle. 
bottom bottom coordinate of rectangle.

If not, can someone please show an example??

[somdcomputerguy]

If not, can someone please show an example??

Function MouseGetPos

[Rawox]

Snowmaker. That doesn't make sense to me!

How can I check for the cursor in a given rectangle?

I know I can do it with MouseGetPos, why don't you guys just show an example if it isn't that hard?

[somdcomputerguy]

Define top/left and bottom/right, or all four corners maybe, use mousegetpos to see if it's 'in there'. That's how I would tackle the situation first. It's maybe the wrong way to do it, but that's where I'd start anyway. Write some code, post it and any problems, I'm sure you'll get some help from others here.

[Melba23]

Rawox,

I know I can do it with MouseGetPos, why don't you guys just show an example if it isn't that hard?

So what have you tried yourself? Just shouting at us will not get your code written for you!

M23

[Rawox]

$WinPos = WinGetPos ( "Smaryl" )
    $MousePos = MouseGetPos ( )
    $Top = @DesktopHeight/2-35-$height/2
    $Left = 0
    $Right = $width-5
    $Bottom = @DesktopHeight/2-35+$height/2
    If $MousePos[0] = $Top And $MousePos[1] = $Left Then
        
    EndIf

But this just checks 1 pixel, doesn't it?

[Melba23]

Rawox,

Try thinking logically.

You want to know if your cursor is between (100, 100) and (200, 200). What do you think the If or Switch statements might look like? In your code above I see no sign of either 100 or 200 - so how do you expect to find out if your cursor is within those limits?

How about trying to code something based on this:

; Get mouse position
$aM_Pos = MouseGetPos()
Switch $aM_Pos[0]
    ; Is mouse within X coords?
    Case 100 To 200
        Switch $aM_Pos[1]
            ; Is mouse within Y coords?
            Case 100 To 200
                ; Mouse in the box
            ; If not
            Case Else
                ; Mouse not in the box
        EndSwitch
    ; If not
    Case Else
        ; Not in the box
EndSwitch

Over to you. :-)

M23

[Rawox]

Thanks Melba!

I tried this, I don't really understand your switch statements but with your help I thought this would work, but why doesn't it?

$MousePos = MouseGetPos ( )

    For $MousePos[0] = 100 To 200
        For $MousePos[1] = 100 To 200
            MsgBox ( 0, "lol", "lol" )
        Next
    Next

It just always displays the msgbox

[Thornhunt]

maybe

if mousepos[0] < *** and mousepos[0] > *** and mousepos[1] < *** and mousepos[1] > *** then

...

ect ect.. maybee ? have you tried that.. might work

[Yashied]

maybe

if mousepos[0] < *** and mousepos[0] > *** and mousepos[1] < *** and mousepos[1] > *** then

...

ect ect.. maybee ? have you tried that.. might work

if (mousepos[0] < ***) and (mousepos[0] > ***) and (mousepos[1] < ***) and (mousepos[1] > ***) then

[Thornhunt]

if (mousepos[0] < ***) and (mousepos[0] > ***) and (mousepos[1] < ***) and (mousepos[1] > ***) then

hhehehe thats what i meant

[Rawox]

Thanks it worked!!

[Melba23]

Rawox,

I thought this would work, but why doesn't it?

$MousePos = MouseGetPos ( )

For $MousePos[0] = 100 To 200
    For $MousePos[1] = 100 To 200
        MsgBox ( 0, "lol", "lol" )
    Next
Next

You are joking, of course? For...Next is for counting through a loop:

For $i = 1 to 4
    ConsoleWrite($i & @CRLF)
Next

will give you

1
2
3
4

So your code above would give you you two loops which would display a total of 10000 MsgBox's....hardly surprising that:

It just always displays the msgbox

If you want to become proficient at AutoIt coding, you must try and understand how the simple, often-used functions work. I commented the Switch example above to try and point you in the right direction. Just play with the examples in the Help file until you see how and why they do what they do. I know it is less fun than coding your own stuff, but understanding the basics of the commands you use will increase your ability to code correctly - and reduce the frustration of not understanding why your code does not work as you wish. It would be time well spent, believe me.

M23