How to get mouse position over a certain control

c# winforms mouse cursor-position
Dustin Brooks picture Dustin Brooks · Jan 21, 2009 · Viewed 14.4k times · Source

Windows Form
I'm using the DragOver event on a layoutpanel and the DragEventArgs returns the X/Y coordinates of the mouse in relation to the screen. I know there is a function to translate this in to the position of the mouse over the control, but I'm having difficulty locating it.

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mqp picture mqp · Jan 21, 2009

Try Control.PointToClient and Control.PointToScreen.

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