Python - PyQT4 how to detect the mouse click position anywhere in the window?

Question

I have 1024x768 resolution window, when there is a click or mouse over, i want to find the x, y values. How can i do that?

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore


class Example(QtGui.QWidget):

    def __init__(self):
        super(Example, self).__init__()

        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):               

        qbtn = QtGui.QPushButton('Quit', self)
        #qbtn.clicked.connect(QtCore.QCoreApplication.instance().quit)
        qbtn.clicked.connect(self.test)
        qbtn.resize(qbtn.sizeHint())
        qbtn.move(50, 50)       

        self.setGeometry(0, 0, 1024, 768)
        self.setWindowTitle('Quit button')    
        self.setWindowFlags(self.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
        self.show()

    def test(self):
      print "show the position of mouse cursor in screen resolution: x is ?? , y is ??"

def main():

    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    ex = Example()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 06 '20 at 11:42

import sys
from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtGui, QtCore

class Example(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Example, self).__init__()
        self.initUI()
    def mousePressEvent(self, QMouseEvent):
        print(QMouseEvent.pos())
    def mouseReleaseEvent(self, QMouseEvent):
        cursor = QtGui.QCursor()
        print(cursor.pos())
    def initUI(self):
        qbtn = QtWidgets.QPushButton('Quit', self)
        qbtn.resize(qbtn.sizeHint())
        qbtn.move(50, 50)
        self.setGeometry(0, 0, 1024, 768)
        self.setWindowTitle('Quit button')
        self.setWindowFlags(self.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
        self.show()
def main():
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
    ex = Example()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

PyQt4.QtCore.QPoint(242, 285)
PyQt4.QtCore.QPoint(1741, 423)
PyQt4.QtCore.QPoint(439, 372)

How would you convert PyQt4.QtCore.QPoint to raw numbers nicely? — erbal, Feb 10 '14 at 23:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 06 '17 at 03:50

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The other way to get (x,y) coordinates:

def mouseReleaseEvent(self, QMouseEvent):
    print('(', QMouseEvent.x(), ', ', QMouseEvent.y(), ')')

edited Jun 06 '17 at 03:50

Nathan Tuggy

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answered Jun 06 '17 at 03:24

Ayad B.S

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Python - PyQT4 how to detect the mouse click position anywhere in the window?

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