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Thread: How to get Mouse Click Position even if it is not within our application?

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    Default How to get Mouse Click Position even if it is not within our application?

    Hi I am interested how I can get mouse click position even if it is not within my application?. I know about MouseInfo class but its provide only mouse position but not click position. Is there any way in java to do get this info ?


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    Default Re: How to get Mouse Click Position even if it is not within our application?

    You might find this discussion interesting.

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    Default Re: How to get Mouse Click Position even if it is not within our application?

    The MouseEvent may have some useful methods
    -Edit- Ya I missed the "not within my application" part

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    Default Re: How to get Mouse Click Position even if it is not within our application?

    Quote Originally Posted by jps View Post
    The MouseEvent may have some useful methods
    Not outside the application. The only way I can think of is using a dll and JNI.

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    Default Re: How to get Mouse Click Position even if it is not within our application?

    Hello.
    No. You can do it without any ddl or jni.
      import java.awt.MouseInfo;
      import java.awt.Point;
      import java.awt.PointerInfo;
     
      PointerInfo inf = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo();
      Point p = inf.getLocation();
      System.out.println("(x,y):("+p.x+","+p.y+")");

    The source is here: swing - how to obtain mouse click coordinates outside my window in Java - Stack Overflow
    Just scroll down somewhere little below the middle.

    Syed.

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