MouseDevice.GetPosition(IInputElement) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Input

Assembly:: PresentationCore.dll

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Gets the position of the mouse relative to a specified element.

public:
 System::Windows::Point GetPosition(System::Windows::IInputElement ^ relativeTo);

[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public System.Windows.Point GetPosition (System.Windows.IInputElement relativeTo);

public System.Windows.Point GetPosition (System.Windows.IInputElement relativeTo);

[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
member this.GetPosition : System.Windows.IInputElement -> System.Windows.Point

member this.GetPosition : System.Windows.IInputElement -> System.Windows.Point

Public Function GetPosition (relativeTo As IInputElement) As Point

Parameters

relativeTo: IInputElement

The frame of reference in which to calculate the position of the mouse.

Returns

Point

The position of the mouse relative to the parameter relativeTo.

Attributes: SecurityCriticalAttribute

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

relativeTo is null or is not a UIElement or ContentElement.

Remarks

The position of the mouse pointer is calculated relative to the specified IInputElement with the upper-left corner of element being the point of origin, 0,0.

Applies to

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