How to get cursor position?

Question

Hello!

I have developed a VSTO using visual studio 2010 for office word. The version of Word is 2010.
I want to get keybord position, the following.  How to get keybord position.

( C# 4.0 / Word 2010/ Visual Studio 2010 )


thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The Word Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) don't provide for that....hopefully someone can still help you, though.

Good diagram. Helpful, also, is the word 'caret' (in terms of Word programming this is also referred to with the terms 'insertion point' and 'selection').

Answer 2

Hi Vsmmma

The only thing the Word object model offers is the ActiveWindow.GetPoint method for the Range object. It's not 100% accurate but might help you...

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Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP

Answer 3

Do ranges have a GetPoint method (or a 'Windows' property)? It's not listed on MSDN (as a range member) and my VS intellisense won't pick it up.

Answer 4

Thank you for your help, JosephFox, Cindy Meister.
I could succeed.

Thank you very much.

my code ...

                Word.Range r = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Selection.Range;

                int left, top, width, height;
                Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveWindow.GetPoint(out left, out top, out width, out height, r);

Answer 5

Ah, I see! I guess I'm a little slower than you and Cindy.