cursor position

how do I get the cursor position in relation to a specified control?

VB Code:

MousePosition.X and MousePosition.Y

Almost surely, Pirate gave you what you needed, but if you wanted to know where the blinking cursor is, for example, in a textbox:

Dim goofy As Byte = Me.TextBox1.SelectionStart

Excuse me for my english!

that gives it to me relative to the screen dosn't it pirate? what if I want it in relation to a listview, for example?

Then use PointToClient function to get coordinates within client area (not in the whole screen)

like this

VB Code:

Dim pnt As Point = Me.ListView1.PointToClient(New Point(MousePosition.X, MousePosition.Y))
        MessageBox.Show(pnt.ToString)

You might need to check the difference between the previous code and this one . Here we used the form's PointToClient function not the control's .

VB Code:

Dim pnt2 As Point = Me.PointToClient(New Point(MousePosition.X, MousePosition.Y))

yeah, thanks pirate.

pointToClient is the way to go.

-marvin