Get current coordinates of a window (C++)

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I'm trying to get the x and y coordinates of a specific window relative to the screen (e.g. If the window's position on the screen is (100, 300) then I should retrieve an x-coordinate of 100 and a y-coordinate of 300). How can I achieve this so that I can assign the coordinates to some variables?

int x = /*Get x-coordinate*/;
int y = /*Get y-coordinate*/;

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 12 '14 at 16:21

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On Vista and later with Aero glass enabled, you have to use DwmGetWindowAttribute(DWMWA_EXTENDED_FRAME_BOUNDS) to account for glass padding.

Otherwise, you can use GetWindowRect() instead, which does not account for glass padding.

answered Oct 12 '14 at 16:21

Remy Lebeau

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '14 at 16:17

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RECT rect;
GetWindowRect(window, &rect);
int x = rect.left;
int y = rect.top;

answered Oct 12 '14 at 16:17

Tomashu

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GetWindowRect() does not report correct values when Aero glass is enabled. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3192232/ – Remy Lebeau Oct 12 '14 at 16:23

Get current coordinates of a window (C++)

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