Get cursor position with respect to the control - C#

Question

I want to get the mouse position with respect to the control in which mouse pointer is present. That means when I place the cursor to the starting point (Top-Left corner) of

Answer 1

You can directly use the Location property of the MouseEventArgs argument passed to your event-handler.

private void panel1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    Text = e.Location.X + ":" + e.Location.Y;      
} 

Answer 2

private void lienzo_MouseLeftButtonDown_1(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
    Point coordenadas = new Point();
    coordenadas = Mouse.GetPosition(lienzo);

    string msg = "Coordenadas mouse :" + coordenadas.X + "," + coordenadas.Y;
    MessageBoxResult resultado;
    string titulo = "Informacion";
    MessageBoxButton botones = MessageBoxButton.OK;
    MessageBoxImage icono = MessageBoxImage.Information;

    resultado = MessageBox.Show(msg, titulo, botones, icono);
}

Where "lienzo" is my canvas panel

Answer 3

Create af standard Project C# WinForms

Place 2 Textboxes named X and Y, and a Timer object from the toolbox to the Design page

Press [F7] and replace all code with below.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace MousePos
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            timer1.Start();
        }

        private void Form1_MouseCaptureChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            X.Text = MousePosition.X.ToString();
            Y.Text = MousePosition.Y.ToString();
        }
    }
}

Set Timer.Tick action to "Form1_MouseCaptureChanged"

[F5] Run - and now you have an MosusePos app.

Answer 4

The following will give you mouse coordinates relative to your control. For example, this results in (0,0) if mouse is over top left corner of the control:

var coordinates = yourControl.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);

Answer 5

I use MouseLocation and PointToClient to check. And then use it in a timer!

bool IsMouseHover(Control c, Control container)
        {
            Point p = Control.MousePosition;
            Point p1 = c.PointToClient(p);
            Point p2 = container.PointToClient(p);
            if (c.DisplayRectangle.Contains(p1) && container.DisplayRectangle.Contains(p2))
            {
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

Answer 6

Cursor.Position return Point on Screen, but Control.PointToClient(Cursor.Position) returns point on control (e.g. control -> panel). In your case, you have e.Locate which return point on control.