Introduction
At a time I am working in an application in that I need to show current cursor
position that do not occupying the screen. So I found this concept that contains
a simple logic to show the position in taskbar. this concept will help those who
are working to get the current cursor position for some purpose. Normally we
have some space to show position of the cursor. it may be not optimal in some
case. So we can show it in taskbar.
Concept behind the approach:
In this concept we can show the cursor position through Icon of the task. Here
we convert the text of cursor position to an Icon. And the Icon further assign
to icon of the task.
C# Code behind the approach:
Timer timer =
new Timer();
// Create a Timer
timer.Interval = 100;
// Have some interval to tick
timer.Start();
// Start the process
timer.Tick += timer_Tick;
// Hook the event
void
timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var xValue =
"x :"+ Cursor.Position.X .ToString();
// Get the Value of cursor's x value
var yValue =
"y :" + Cursor.Position.Y.ToString();
// Get the Value of cursor's y value
var taskIcon =
new Bitmap(100, 100);
// Get a bitmap
var font =
new Font("TimesNewRoman",
27, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
// Get a font
var graphics =
Graphics.FromImage(taskIcon); //
Get a graphics with the bitmap image
graphics.DrawString(xValue,
font, Brushes.Red, new PointF(0, 0));
// Add the x value in the graphics
graphics.DrawString(yValue,
font, Brushes.Red, new PointF(0, 50));
// Add the y value in the graphics
graphics.SmoothingMode =
SmoothingMode.AntiAlias; //
Smoothing the pixel
graphics.TextRenderingHint =
TextRenderingHint.AntiAlias; //
Smoothing the text rendering because stem width may differ
this.Icon
= Icon.FromHandle(taskIcon.GetHicon());
// Convert the bitmap to icon and assign to Icon.
}
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The above image show the cursor position in task bar.
Conclusion
Hence through this concept we show the cursor's position in taskbar