[NSWindow mouseLocationOutsideOfEventStream] Returns the current location of the pointer reckoned in the window’s base coordinate system.
________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Dave [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 2:04 PM To: Cocoa Developers Subject: Re: Converting to Window Coordinates Hi Again, Yes, I wondered about multiple monitors but it seems to work ok, I’ve got 3 monitors hooked up and it works regardless of where they are, probably because [NSScreen screens] objectAtIndex:0] is the screen with the main menu and all windows are relative to that? The content view and the window view have the same rectangle, so that works too, although maybe I ought to change is as you’ve suggested? Yes, the coordinates are from the Mouse. All the Best Dave > On 21 Apr 2015, at 18:12, Lee Ann Rucker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Your screen flipping code is a good start, but it's not going to work with > multiple monitors. That's why knowing where it comes from would be helpful - > for instance, if it's the current mouse point, there are definitely better > ways to do this. > > Another thing you've missed: converting to myContentView's coordinate space > from the window's space, with [myContentView convertPoint:myWindowPoint > fromView:nil] - "If aView is nil, this method instead converts from window > base coordinates" > > And if it doesn't find a subview, it will return myContentView so you'll need > a check for that. "if (myCocoaControlView == myContentView)" will work fine. > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Dave > [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 9:46 AM > To: Cocoa Developers > Subject: Re: Converting to Window Coordinates > > Hi Lee Ann, > > I was pretty sure the theGlobalPoint is Top, Left relative, but wasn't sure > how to convert it, I tried a few things and this seems to work: > > myContentView = myPhantomWindow.contentView; > > myGlobalPoint.x = theGlobalPoint.x; > myGlobalPoint.y = NSMaxY([[[NSScreen screens] objectAtIndex:0] frame]) - > theGlobalPoint.y; //Flip > > myWorkRect.origin = myGlobalPoint; > myWorkRect.size = NSMakeSize(1,1); > myWorkRect = [self.window convertRectFromScreen:myWorkRect]; > myWindowPoint = myWorkRect.origin; > > myCocoaControlView = [myContentView hitTest:myWindowPoint]; > if (myCocoaControlView != nil) > { > > LogIfDave(@"FoundView: %@ ",NSStringFromClass([myCocoaControlView > class])); > } > > I don’t want it too report having found the Point in the Content View, what’s > the best way to handle this? I could compare the view returned to > window.contentView or I could > > > > Thanks a lot > Dave > > >> On 21 Apr 2015, at 17:06, Lee Ann Rucker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> How are you getting your global point? There are non-Cocoa parts of the OS >> that do use top-left instead of bottom-left origins, so those will need >> converting. >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] >> [[email protected]] on behalf of Dave >> [[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 8:53 AM >> To: Cocoa Developers >> Subject: Converting to Window Coordinates >> >> I meant add this: >> >> Global: {183.45703125, 92.41015625} >> Window: {183.45703125, -619.58984375} >> >> These are the values I get when I run the code. From looking at Y it looks >> like I need to flip the Y Coordinate, but I’m not sure where/how to do this? >> >> TheY = 92 on the Global Point represents a point near the top of the Screen. >> >> Cheers >> Dave >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I have the following code in a Window Controller. >> >> myWorkRect.origin = theGlobalPoint; >> myWorkRect.size = NSMakeSize(1,1); >> myWorkRect = [self.window convertRectFromScreen:myWorkRect]; >> myWindowPoint = myWorkRect.origin; >> >> myCocoaControlView = [myContentView hitTest: myWindowPoint]; >> >> I have a Point in Global (Screen) space and I want to check if that point is >> inside a view of the associated window. I had hoped the code above would do >> the trick but it seems not. >> >> The Global point is within a View in the Window, and when this code gets >> called hitTest always returned the Frame View (not the deepest View that >> intersects the point) as the documentation says, just to see what would >> happen, I overrode hitTest in the Content View and now it returns nil. >> >> What am I do doing wrong? >> >> Thanks a lot for any help, >> All the Best >> Dave >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/lrucker%40vmware.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/lrucker%40vmware.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. 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