[wxPython-users] Actual html cell coordinates

[Robin Dunn]

Morton Publications wrote:
> Robin,
> 
> Thank you very much for your help with the popup windows. The 
> OnMouseHover event works better than the Motion event.
> 
> I have another question, however. How can I obtain the actual 
> ScreenPosition or html.Window position of the mouse when it hovers over 
> a cell? GetPoint seems to only return the coordinates within the cell, 
> and GetPosX(Y) seems to return the cell coordinates within the 
> ContainerCell, but neither give actual fixed coordinated from which I 
> can consistantly place a popup. Do I need to get a mouse event in there, 
> somewhere. Or is there another way.

cell.GetAbsPos() should give you the absolute position of the cell in 
the HtmlWindow, and you can use the x and y values as an offset from 
that position. Or you could call wx.GetMousePosition() to get the 
current screen position of the cursor.

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Robin Dunn
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