Clicking and console

[tofiffe]

I've seen some apps made in console, that used mouse clicks.

How could I do that in my console app? Is there any simple code just to get the x/y coordinate of mouse click when it happens?

[Peter87]

This is not possible with standard C++ functions. You need to use a library like ncurses to do it.

[Pravesh Koirala]

You can use windows API (if you are in windows). You can use this,
http://theprogrammersdiary.blogspot.com/2011/12/mouse-handling-in-console-console-is.html

[tofiffe]

well thanks for this c example, but isn't there a simpler way to achieve the same? Oh and i forgot to mention, it only needs to run on windows, so if anyone knows some platform based solution, please go ahead!

[Moschops]

That is an astonishingly simple windows based solution.

[tofiffe]

ok, thanks for letting me know!