Text Language Definition

var MousePosition:T2SingleVector;

Description

MousePosition.y reports the location of the mouse with respect to a Form's coordinate system. It ia often used for on-screen joysticks or for identifying a coordinate on a graph. Mouse positions are only known during the mouse events Mouse Down, Mouse Drag, and Mouse Up.

Escapes

Referencing MousePosition.y does not produce any escapes.

Examples

This example shows how clicking and dragging on the surface of a form can have an effect like a scroll bar:

... producing this:

This example shows how clicking and dragging in the Y direction on a form can perform speed control of a motor:

Related Topics

Mouse Down
Mouse Drag
Mouse Up
Mouse Position X
Set Coordinate Frame