Capture mouse coords

How can I get the coords of the mouse when a control is clicked? I want to be able to drag one of my custom controls around however WM_LBUTTONDOWN never seems to do anything if I use it in the control callback, it does in the main window callback though..

Handle the WM_NCHITTEST message for your custom control and return HTCAPTION.

or

Handle the WM_LBUTTONDOWN and

Code:

SendMessage(hwnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MOVE | HTCAPTION, 0);

which is more or less the same thing.

Either of these methods is better (smoother movement) than using something like SetWindowPos or MoveWindow to reposition the control.

Ok, I have it moveable. But now I have another problem.

If the mouse is clicked within the left and right sides and within 25 from the top (ie: the title bar!) it will be moveable when you drag until you let go, just like a normal app window.

Now I'm using GetCursorPos() to get the coords (obviously ) on WM_MOUSEMOVE so that it'll move roughly the right direction. My problem is that it has an offset to the actual mouse position and I'm not sure how to make it correct.

http://mhtml.ithium.net/offsite/cursorMove.jpg - The blue dot is where my curosr would be about when draging, as you can see the tool window has a large offset on the x and y.

Code:

case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
  {
    GetWindowRect(hwnd,&rc);
    if(pos.x < rc.right && pos.x > rc.left && pos.y < rc.top+25 && pos.y > rc.top)
    {
        fDragMode = true;
        SetCapture(hwnd);
        return 0;
    }
    break;
  }break;
  case WM_MOUSEMOVE:
  {
    if(fDragMode == false) break;
    GetCursorPos(&pos);
    MoveWindow(hwnd,pos.x,pos.y,rc.right-rc.left,rc.bottom-rc.top,TRUE);
    UpdateWindow(hwnd);
    return 0;
  }
  case WM_LBUTTONUP:
  {
    if(fDragMode == false) break;
    fDragMode = false;   
    ReleaseCapture();
    return 0;
  }

fDragMode, rc and pos are declared earlier as bool, RECT and POINT respectively.

Cheers,
Michael.

GetCursorPos returns the mouse position in screen coordinates. Use ScreenToClient to convert to client coordinates.

[edit]: Ok, it works now that I replaced the ScreenToClient(hwnd,&pos) to ScreenToClient(GetParent(hwnd),&pos) ... but the mouse is getting snapped to the 0,0 on the control. The control does move and redraw nicely now however.