ctrlMapScreenToWorld

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Description

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Groups:: GUI Control - Map

Syntax

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Parameters:: control: Control - map control
: [x, y]: Array
: 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

Notes: You can get the screen coordinates by the UI Event Handlers onMouseButtonDown, onMouseButtonUp, onMouseButtonClick, onMouseButtonDblClick. The return Array is in 2-D, 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];
	}];

};