UKismetInputLibrary::PointerEvent_GetScreenSpacePosition

function Engine Blueprint Since unknown

#include "Kismet/KismetInputLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticBlueprintPure

Description

Returns the current position of the cursor or touch point in screen space, in pixels.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Screen space, not viewport or widget-local space — use the widget's geometry to convert if you need local coordinates.
• On multi-monitor setups this is relative to the full desktop, so values can be negative or exceed a single monitor's resolution.

Signature

static FVector2D PointerEvent_GetScreenSpacePosition(const FPointerEvent& Input);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
Input	const FPointerEvent&	The pointer event to read the cursor position from.	—

Return Type

FVector2D

Example

Track cursor screen position on mouse move C++

FReply UMyWidget::NativeOnMouseMove(const FGeometry& InGeometry, const FPointerEvent& InMouseEvent)
{
    const FVector2D ScreenPos = UKismetInputLibrary::PointerEvent_GetScreenSpacePosition(InMouseEvent);
    UpdateCrosshairScreenPosition(ScreenPos);
    return FReply::Handled();
}

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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