Moves the cursor to the specified screen coordinates. If the new coordinates are not within the screen rectangle set by the most recent ClipCursor function call, the system automatically adjusts the coordinates so that the cursor stays within the rectangle.
Syntax
BOOL SetCursorPos(
int X,
int Y
);
Parameters
- X
-
[in] Specifies the new x-coordinate of the cursor, in screen coordinates.
- Y
-
[in] Specifies the new y-coordinate of the cursor, in screen coordinates.
Return Value
Returns nonzero if successful or zero otherwise. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
The cursor is a shared resource. A window should move the cursor only when the cursor is in the window's client area.
The calling process must have WINSTA_WRITEATTRIBUTES access to the window station.
The input desktop must be the current desktop when you call SetCursorPos. Call OpenInputDesktop to determine whether the current desktop is the input desktop. If it is not, call SetThreadDesktop with the HDESK returned by OpenInputDesktop to switch to that desktop.
Example
For an example, see Using the Keyboard to Move the Cursor.
Function Information
| Minimum DLL Version | user32.dll |
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| Header | Declared in Winuser.h, include Windows.h |
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| Import library | User32.lib |
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| Minimum operating systems |
Windows 95, Windows NT 3.1 |
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| Unicode | Implemented as
Unicode version. |
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