WoW:USERAPI GetCursorScaledPosition

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USERAPI GetCursorScaledPosition - by Egingell -

Returns the scaled position of the cursor.

x, y = USERAPI GetCursorScaledPosition()

Function Parameters

Arguments

nil

Returns

x

The scaled x position of the cursor

y

The scaled y position of the cursor

Example

local x, y = USERAPI GetCursorScaledPosition();
message('('..x..', '..y..')');

Result

(25.45218785412654, 375.45610597856123)

Code

function USERAPI GetCursorScaledPosition()
    local scale = UIParent:GetScale()
    local x, y = GetCursorPosition()
    if scale == 0 then -- very little to no chance of this happening, but you never know.
        return
    else
        return x / scale, y / scale
    end
end