Get the current window position under Windows

Question

I want to get the position of the current window (its a console window). By current I mean the window I'm programming in, for example if the console is in the top left of the screen I should get X = 0, Y = 0. (By the position of the window I mean the top left of the window respective of the monitor)

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(){
    int X, Y;
    GetCurrentWindowPos(&X, &Y); /* How do I do this? */
    return 0;
}

[`GetWindowRect`](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms633519(v=vs.85).aspx), [`GetConsoleWindow`](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms683175(v=vs.85).aspx) — chris, Jun 08 '14 at 22:59

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '14 at 23:33

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void GetWindowPos( int *x, int *y ) {
    RECT rect = { NULL };
    if( GetWindowRect( GetConsoleWindow(), &rect ) ) {
        *x = rect.left;
        *y = rect.top;
    }
}

Cheers

answered Jun 08 '14 at 23:33

markhc

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Thanks! I had to do #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500. I actualy was lookinf for this function "GetConsoleWindow()" I didnt find how to get the handle of the console window! it helped a lot – Bruno Jun 13 '14 at 15:32

Get the current window position under Windows

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