- wxRect rect;
- if (dx < 0) rect.x = cw+dx; else rect.x = 0;
- if (dy < 0) rect.y = ch+dy; else rect.y = 0;
- if (dy != 0) rect.width = cw; else rect.width = abs(dx);
- if (dx != 0) rect.height = ch; else rect.height = abs(dy);
+// Get the current mouse position.
+wxPoint wxGetMousePosition()
+{
+ /* This crashes when used within wxHelpContext,
+ so we have to use the X-specific implementation below.
+ gint x, y;
+ GdkModifierType *mask;
+ (void) gdk_window_get_pointer(NULL, &x, &y, mask);
+
+ return wxPoint(x, y);
+ */
+
+ int x, y;
+ GdkWindow* windowAtPtr = gdk_window_at_pointer(& x, & y);
+ if (!windowAtPtr)
+ return wxPoint(-999, -999);
+
+ Display *display = GDK_WINDOW_XDISPLAY(windowAtPtr);
+ Window rootWindow = RootWindowOfScreen (DefaultScreenOfDisplay(display));
+ Window rootReturn, childReturn;
+ int rootX, rootY, winX, winY;
+ unsigned int maskReturn;
+
+ XQueryPointer (display,
+ rootWindow,
+ &rootReturn,
+ &childReturn,
+ &rootX, &rootY, &winX, &winY, &maskReturn);
+ return wxPoint(rootX, rootY);