Coordinates
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An OmniDesk Utility
by Richard G. Hallas

Coordinates supplies various items of information about the mouse pointer. The left half of the window shows its current coordinates in both screen pixels and Operating System units, which are more useful to programmers. The coordinates labelled "Window relative" are of particular interest and use to programmers, as they give the coordinates of the pointer within whatever window it is pointing to: that is, each individual window has its own set of coordinates. In fact, the origin of most windows is at the top left corner (in contrast to the screen, where it is at the bottom left); however, that is not universally true.

The unique numeric identifiers of windows and icons are also displayed. RISC OS 3 users will also find that correct information is shown for the icon bar coordinates (which is not possible under RISC OS 2).

Clicking Menu over the coordinates window presents the main utility menu:

'Info' leads to a standard information window.

'Window position' leads to a window which lets you determine where the coordinates window appears on the screen. This corresponds to an invisible grid, and when you change screen mode the window will snap to this grid. (This feature can be disabled by clicking Adjust on the small window icon, which makes it disappear.)

'Save settings' will save the screen location of the coordinates window.
