localLoc

Typefunction
DictionaryLCS
LibraryLiveCode Script
Syntax
the localLoc of <globalPoint>
localLoc(<globalPoint>)
Summary

Returns the equivalent, in localcoordinates, of a point given in globalcoordinates.

Introduced1.0
OSmac, windows, linux, ios, android
Platformsdesktop, server, mobile
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
globalPoint

Any expression that evaluates to a point--a vertical and horizontal distance from the top left of the screen, separated by a comma.

Example
localLoc((90,174))
localLoc(the location of field 1)
Values
NameTypeDescription
return

The localLoc function returns two integers separated by a comma.

RelatedKeyword: item, point, relative
Function: selectedLoc
Glossary: relative coordinates, current stack, absolute coordinates, return, return value, integer, point
Control Structure: function
Description

Use the localLoc function to translate between screen and relative coordinates|window coordinates.

In window coordinates, the point 0,0 is at the top left of the stack window. In screen coordinates, the point 0,0 is at the top left of the screen.

The point returned by the localLoc function is relative to the top left of the current stack.

The first item of the returned value is the horizontal distance in pixels from the left edge of the current stack to the location given by globalPoint. The second item of the returned value is the vertical distance from the top edge of the current stack to the location given by globalPoint.

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