# Where Am I? Applet

Copyright © 2000 by Telsa Gwynne

# Where Am I? Applet

The `Where Am I?` applet, shown in Figure 1, shows the position of your mouse pointer on the screen, reporting the coordinates as `x` and `y`, where `x` is horizontal and `y` is vertical. The dimensions of an area on the screen can be determined by dragging the cursor after the `Where Am I?` applet has been activated.

To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Panel->Add to panel->Applet->Utility->Where Am I?.

Figure 1. Where Am I? Applet

## Usage

You don't need to do anything special to use this applet. It will report the position of your cursor as you move your mouse about. Clicking on the `Where Am I?` will "grab" the cursor, causing it to change to a cross-hairs shape. Once the cursor has been grabbed, you can can drag the cursor to measure the dimensions of an area on the screen. A second click will ungrab the cursor, and restore normal operation.

Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the following items:

- Help — displays this document.

- About… — shows basic information about `Where Am I? Applet`, inluding the applet's version and the author's name.

## Known Bugs and Limitations

This applet has no known bugs.

## Authors

`Where Am I?` was written by John Kodis (`<kodis@jagunet.com>`). Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line. If you are using GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use `Bug Report Tool` (bug-buddy), available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug reports.

This manual was written by Telsa Gwynne (`<hobbit@aloss.ukuu.org.uk>`). Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to `<docs@gnome.org>`. You can also submit comments online by using the GNOME Documentation Status Table.

## License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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