Panel.LocalToScreen
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| Function | |
| Syntax | Panel:LocalToScreen( ) |
| Description: | |
| Find the position of the panel, local to the screen and given coordinates. | |
| Returns: | Int X, Int Y |
| In Object: | Panel |
| Realm: |
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Examples
| Description | Find the position of the panel on the screen. |
|---|---|
| Used on | |
| Code | local Frame = vgui.Create( "DFrame" ) Frame:SetSize( 200, 200 ) Frame:SetPos( 50, 50 ) Frame:MakePopup( ) local X, Y = Frame:LocalToScreen( 0, 0 ) // Find our position compared to 0, 0 on the screen ( top left corner ) MsgN( "Frame X: " .. X .. ", Frame Y: " .. Y ) |
| Output | Frame X: 50, Frame Y: 50 |
Additional Notes
- The major difference between this and Panel.GetPos is that when you use GetPos on a child, you get the local coordinates of that child compared to the parent. This simply returns the actual on-screen coordinates.
