ctrlMapScreenToWorld

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Description

Description:

Converts map screen coordinates into world coordinates. Unlike posScreenToWorld, this command returns world position is format [x, y], otherwise it is identical to posScreenToWorld.

Groups:

GUI Control - Map

Syntax

Syntax:

control ctrlMapScreenToWorld [x, y]

Parameters:

control: Control - map control

x: Number - screen X

y: Number - screen Y

Return Value:

Array - world coordinates in format Position2D

Examples

Example 1:

_worldCoord = _control ctrlMapScreenToWorld _ScreenCoord;

Example 2:

_worldCoord = _control ctrlMapScreenToWorld [_x, _y];

Example 3:

_worldCoord = findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51 ctrlMapScreenToWorld [0.5, 0.5];

Additional Information

See also:

ctrlMapWorldToScreen posScreenToWorld posWorldToScreen findDisplay displayCtrl

Notes

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Posted on April 6, 2007 - 23:41

LowFly

You can get the screen coordinates by the UI Event Handlers onMouseButtonDown, onMouseButtonUp, onMouseButtonClick, onMouseButtonDblClick. The return Array is in 2D, you can use it with all set-position commands.

_x = returnArray select 0; _y = returnArray select 1;

Ceeeb

The command parameters are screen position coordinates, which may not equate to the map control's coordinates. A map control's screen coordinates and size can be found use the ctrlPosition command. This is an issue when using the Arma 3 in-game map, which is not fullscreen (all previous titles used full screen map controls, so map control coords did equate to screen coords).

Posted on August 28, 2017 - 0:05

Icaruk

This example creates a RscMapControl and hints you the [x,y] position where you clicked.

0 spawn { disableSerialization; _map = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscCredits" ctrlCreate ["RscMapControl", -1]; _map ctrlSetPosition [0,0,1,1]; _map ctrlCommit 0; _map ctrlAddEventHandler ["mouseButtonDown", { _ctrl = _this select 0; _x = _this select 2; _y = _this select 3; _pos = _ctrl ctrlMapScreenToWorld [_x, _y]; hint format ["pos: %1", _pos]; }]; };