How to get mouse cordinates when my mouse click somewhere?

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I want to retrieve the mouse pointer's x , y cordinates when my mouse clicks anywhere in the screen , it should be independent of windows form .
ex. if i click mouse in notepad it should give me cordinates , i tried following but it gives cordinated only when i clicked in myform.

please suggest me way out of this issue.
thanks.

What I have tried:

C#

private void Form1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
string x_cord = Cursor.Position.X.ToString();
string y_cord = Cursor.Position.Y.ToString();
MessageBox.Show("cordinates are " + x_cord +","+ y_cord);
}

Posted 11-Jul-16 0:44am

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Updated 11-Jul-16 0:57am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2016-07-11T00:57:00

That's not nice, not at all. You are talking about intercepting mouse actions that aren;t intended for your form, and that's not the way it's all supposed to work.
As a result, it's difficult. Very difficult. And also dangerous...
You can do it, but you need a Global Hook: Global Windows Hooks[^]
Be aware: if you get it wrong - even slightly - you can render your whole system unstable and may "cause data loss".
Think twice before you do this: you will probably have to reboot your PC quite a few times in development, and I'd recommend an even more rigorous routine of backups than I normally would (and this from someone whose system does incrementals every hour...

Varun_Kumar · Answer 2 · 2016-07-11T00:56:00

Solution 1

To get mouse position,please check

Mouse.GetPosition Method (IInputElement) (System.Windows.Input)[^]

Posted 11-Jul-16 0:56am

Varun_Kumar