Get mouse position

Remember where the pointer is.

Where

+ Add action›Keyboard & mouse›Get mouse position

Get mouse position reads where the pointer is and stores it in a variable. A macro that moves the mouse around can put it back afterwards, and a script can compute a target from it.

Settings

Setting	What it does
Remember as	The variable’s name. It gets the position as x,y, and name.x and name.y hold the two numbers on their own.
Scope	This run keeps the variable to this macro, Everywhere shares it with all macros. See variables.

How it runs

• The action is instant. Coordinates are pixels from the top-left corner of the main display, the same ones Mouse sequence takes.
• When the position cannot be read, the action logs it and the variable keeps its old value.

Example

Keep the pointer where the user left it while a macro clicks around:

1. Get mouse position, Remember as before.
2. A Mouse sequence with the clicks, ending in Move to {{before.x}}, {{before.y}}.

Related

• Mouse sequence
• Get window — the position of a program’s window, as name.x and name.y
• Variables and placeholders