## q pos

`q pos <nowait>`

After this command is issued, GrADS waits for user's mouse click, then returns the coordinates of the mouse click plus additional information. If the `nowait` argument is used, then GrADS will query the mouse without waiting for a mouse click. The returned information makes '`q pos`' such a powerful command especialy when used in conjunction with the different 'classes' of widgets: buttons, rubber bands, and dropmenus. Here is a template of the information that '`q pos`' returns after a mouse click (note the difference in output between the different widget classes):

`Position = xpos ypos mbtn class` (somewhere in the graphics window)
`Position = xpos ypos mbtn class widget# btnstate` (for buttons)
`Position = xpos ypos mbtn class widget# xpos2 ypos2` (for rbands)
`Position = xpos ypos mbtn class widget# menuitem <casc# cascitem>` (for dropmenus)

where:

`xpos, ypos` - coordinates of the mouse click in virtual page units
`mbtn` - either 1, 2, or 3 for the left, center, or right mouse button
`class` - either 1, 2, 3, or 0 for button, rband, dropmenu, or 'not a widget'
`widget#` - the number assigned to the widget when it was originally set up
`btnstate` - either 0 (meaning "off") or 1 (meaning "on")
`xpos2, ypos2` - coordinates of the mouse release point in virtual page units
`menuitem` - the item number selected from the menu list
`casc#` - the cascade menu number selected from the dropmenu list
`cascitem` - the item number selected from the cascade menu

### Usage Notes

1. If the user did not click on a widget, then `class` will be 0 and there will be no further output.

2. If the user clicks on a dropmenu but no menu item is selected, then `widget#` and `menuitem` will both be -1.

3. There can be up to three levels of nested cascading dropmenus launched from the main dropmenu. In other words, `casc#` and `cascitem` will repeat up to three times in the output from '`q pos`'.

4. The following reference pages contain information on configuring and drawing the widgets:
   `set button`
   `draw button`
   `redraw button`
   `set rband`
   `set dropmenu`
   `draw dropmenu`

### Examples

See the section of the User's Guide on widgets for plenty of script examples showing how to use 'q pos'.