Method

GdkWindowget_pointer

deprecated: 3.0 

Declaration [src] 

GdkWindow*
gdk_window_get_pointer (
  GdkWindow* window,
  gint* x,
  gint* y,
  GdkModifierType* mask
)

Description [src]

Obtains the current pointer position and modifier state. The position is given in coordinates relative to the upper left corner of window.

Deprecated since: 3.0

Use gdk_window_get_device_position() instead.

Parameters

x

Type: gint*

Return location for X coordinate of pointer or NULL to not return the X coordinate.

The argument will be set by the function.
The argument can be NULL.
y

Type: gint*

Return location for Y coordinate of pointer or NULL to not return the Y coordinate.

The argument will be set by the function.
The argument can be NULL.
mask

Type: GdkModifierType

Return location for modifier mask or NULL to not return the modifier mask.

The argument will be set by the function.
The argument can be NULL.
The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: GdkWindow

The window containing the pointer (as with gdk_window_at_pointer()), or NULL if the window containing the pointer isn’t known to GDK.

The returned data is owned by the instance.
The return value can be NULL.