# Open Template Popup at Mouse Location **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678 "2022-08-04T14:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Taylor.Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Taylor.Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Taylor.Johnson)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/1 "2022-08-04T14:59:54Z")
Good morning, I’m having issues with a script and wonder if someone had any ideas. What I have is a template with a button, when that button is pressed it passes parameters from the UDT to a popup window and opens said popup window at the mouse cursor location. I tested the below script with just a normal button on a screen and it works, but when I try to do it with a templates button the window does shift over some in the right direction, but not to the mouse cursor. I assume this has something to do with the button being inside of the template container instead of the root container? ```auto mouseX = event.x mouseY = event.y compX = event.source.getX() compY = event.source.getY() parWindow = system.gui.getParentWindow(event) windowX = parWindow.getX() windowY = parWindow.getY() param1 = event.source.parent.MotorNumber window = system.nav.openWindow('Popup Windows/PRP_Motor_FVNR', {'MotorNumber' : param1}) window.setLocation(mouseX+compX+windowX,mouseY+compY+windowY) ``` ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/2 "2022-08-04T15:31:46Z")
Correct, the x & y of the event are relative to the component of the event. To obtain the placement on the screen, you’ll need to traverse the chain of parents of the component, adding their offsets. You are missing the position of the template within the window. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/3 "2022-08-04T15:50:41Z")
SwingUtilities may be helpful here: [https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.desktop/javax/swing/SwingUtilities.html#convertPointFromScreen(java.awt.Point,java.awt.Component)](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.desktop/javax/swing/SwingUtilities.html#convertPointFromScreen(java.awt.Point,java.awt.Component)) [https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.desktop/javax/swing/SwingUtilities.html#convertPointToScreen(java.awt.Point,java.awt.Component)](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.desktop/javax/swing/SwingUtilities.html#convertPointToScreen(java.awt.Point,java.awt.Component)) ---
**Author:** ![Taylor.Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Taylor.Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Taylor.Johnson)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/4 "2022-08-04T16:05:30Z")
Thanks both of you! I’d been brute forcing it from some forum posts and what I thought would work - but the SwingUtilities documents will be helpful ---
**Author:** ![Taylor.Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Taylor.Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Taylor.Johnson)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/5 "2022-08-04T19:03:06Z")
So I was able to find another forum post trying to solve a similar problem and using the convert point to screen swingutility - the script functions. However, the script fails if I have a second vision window open on another monitor. It will only function for the screen that is located at the top-left monitor position. For multi-monitor it fails and trys to open the pop-up offscreen. Any advice? ```auto def setRelativeLocation(event, window, compRelX, compRelY): windowX = window.getX() windowY = window.getY() screenRelX, screenRelY = system.gui.convertPointToScreen(compRelX, compRelY, event) window.setLocation(screenRelX, screenRelY) param1 = event.source.parent.MotorNumber win = system.nav.openWindow('Popup Windows/PRP_Motor_FVNR', {'MotorNumber' : param1}) setRelativeLocation(event, win, event.x, event.y) ``` ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/6 "2022-08-04T19:14:00Z")
You don’t want screen coordinates. You want coordinates within the frame containing the parent window. Consider experimenting with the more generic [convertPoint()](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.desktop/javax/swing/SwingUtilities.html#convertPoint(java.awt.Component,int,int,java.awt.Component)) method, where `source` is your template and `dest` is your parent window’s parent. ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/7 "2023-08-09T01:06:53Z")
For posterity.. (i.e. for future me), you can use this: ```auto from javax.swing import SwingUtilities window = system.nav.openWindow('Popup Path', {}) newPoint = SwingUtilities.convertPoint(event.source, event.x, event.y, system.gui.getParentWindow(event).rootContainer) window.setLocation(newPoint.x, newPoint.y) ``` Thanks Phil for the massive prompt ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/8 "2023-08-09T02:14:39Z")
For posterity: [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.gui.convertPointToScreen](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.gui.convertPointToScreen) ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/9 "2023-08-09T02:42:45Z")
Pointtoscreen isn't helpful in most cases though. I tried it with my 3 monitors and my new point was off the page ☹ it also doesn't help for clients that are not fullscreen if displayed on a single monitor system, since the point still references the top left of the monitor, not the client ---
**Author:** ![Taylor.Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Taylor.Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Taylor.Johnson)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/10 "2023-08-09T14:42:18Z")
You and Phil are the men! I tried using PointToScreen and it broke bc of multiple monitors - this worked excellently! ---
**Author:** ![PFollansbee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pfollansbee/32/46440_2.png) [@PFollansbee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PFollansbee)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-template-popup-at-mouse-location/62678/11 "2023-09-11T23:04:15Z")
I implemented something similar to this with ```auto from javax.swing import SwingUtilities from com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application import VisionDesktop appWindow = SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(VisionDesktop, event.source) window.setLocation(SwingUtilities.convertPoint(event.source, event.x, event.y, appWindow)) ``` Seems to work well enough, but wondering if I should change it to what is shown here.