Mouse click coordinates

[sapphirehamster]

Is calling drag_select the only way to convert the mouse click coordinates to a text position? The x/y in `event` appear to be in screen coordinates, and I don't see a way to convert those to layout coordinates or a text position.

[adzenith]

Further unanswered questions about drag_select: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7743&p=32659

[emacs_enough]

I'm looking for something more general. What I'm looking for exists in emacs, see below, where it'll give you a way of figuring out what exactly the mouse cursor is hovering over (after transforming the resulting "frame" [ie window] coordinates to "buffer" and "buffer position" and then peeking there).

That doesn't exist in sublime yet I gather?

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mouse-position is a built-in function in `C source code'.

(mouse-position)

Return a list (FRAME X . Y) giving the current mouse frame and position.
The position is given in character cells, where (0, 0) is the
upper-left corner of the frame, X is the horizontal offset, and Y is
the vertical offset.

[adzenith]

Nope, doesn't exist yet.

[emacs_enough]

Adzenith, thx for quick reply!! FWIIW, I added a feature request to the user echo site:
http://sublimetext.userecho.com/topic/139558-api-pls-add-mouse-position-function/
So you can vote for it!

This function would help designing new selection methods, pop-up tips or info, and ways of using the mouse for direct text manipulation!