How can I get the mouse position in a console program?

by

You’ll need to use the *ConsoleInput family of methods (peek, read, etc). These operate on the console’s input buffer, which includes keyboard and mouse events. The general strategy is:

  1. wait on the console’s input buffer handle (ReadConsoleInput)
  2. determine the number of waiting events (lpNumberOfEventsRead)
  3. handle them as you see fit (i.e. MOUSE_EVENT and MOUSE_EVENT_RECORD)

You’ll have to indicate that you want to retrieve mouse input using SetConsoleMode first though, as illustrated in this MSDN article.

More Related Contents:

  1. Output unicode strings in Windows console app
  2. Running my C++ code gives me a blank console
  3. C++ Executing CMD Commands
  4. SetWindowsHookEx for WH_MOUSE
  5. Output Unicode strings in Windows console
  6. how to change to c code while using for loop and array
  7. What is the difference between '.' and '->' when used in array? [closed]
  8. Why it is so ? And It is without you explicitly do casting [duplicate]
  9. Typedef function pointer?
  10. Take the address of a one-past-the-end array element via subscript: legal by the C++ Standard or not?
  11. Namespace + functions versus static methods on a class
  12. Struct padding in C++
  13. GCC and Precompiled Headers
  14. How is a variable at the same address producing 2 different values? [duplicate]
  15. Eclipse CDT: Symbol ‘cout’ could not be resolved
  16. Why class data members can’t be initialized by direct initialization syntax?
  17. Web browser control emulation issue (FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION)
  18. Should I use #define, enum or const?
  19. convert std::bind to function pointer
  20. Performance issue for vector::size() in a loop in C++
  21. C++11: The range-based for statement: “range-init” lifetime?
  22. What’s the point of g++ -Wreorder?
  23. How to check that an element is in a std::set?
  24. In CMake, how can I test if the compiler is Clang?
  25. On how to recognize Rvalue or Lvalue reference and if-it-has-a-name rule
  26. Special simple random number generator
  27. Template default arguments
  28. Removing watermark out of an image using OpenCV
  29. Extern functions in C vs C++
  30. Convert char * to LPWSTR

Leave a Comment