Re: Mouse position

[John Cupitt <jcupitt gmail com>]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:15:08 +0000 (GMT), Robert Vickerstaff
<robertvickerstaff yahoo com> wrote:
> How do I control the location of the mouse pointer? I
> need to prevent the mouse from exiting a square region
> within a window, by resetting the location everytime
> it tries to move outside of the square. (This isn't
> related to wanting to grab the window border).

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gdk/gdk-General.html#gdk-pointer-grab

If you pass a window in confine_to, the pointer will not be allowed
outside that window during the grab. Ungrab to release the pointer
again.

There's an XWarpPointer() call, but it's not wrapped by gdk, so you
have to 'go native' to use it.

John