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Utility script for finding screen coordinates. Simply shows the coordinates your mouse is currently located at
Gui -Caption +AlwaysOnTop +ToolWindow +LastFound ; +ToolWindow means no taskbar button or alt-tab item. LastFound is used for WinSet.
Gui, Font, s32 q3, Arial ; Set font size and quality (prevents AA mixing letters with background)
Gui, Add, Text, vCoordText c00FF00, XXXXX YYYYY ; XX & YY sets window size to roughly what is needed to contain mouse coordinates
Gui, Color, Black ; Background color
WinSet, TransColor, Black 150 ; Make the background color transparent and set text opacity(150)
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen ; Mouse position relative to screen, not active window
SetTimer, Update, 50
Gui, Show, x0 y0 NA ; Shows window without activating it. Change X and Y numbers to move the overlay.
return ; End of auto-execute
Update(){
MouseGetPos, mouseX, mouseY
GuiControl,, CoordText, %mouseX%, %mouseY%
}
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