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How to get caret screen coordinates in TextArea?

1003746May 5 2013 — edited May 6 2013
Hello,

I am using a TextArea and, when writing some words, I want to display a popup with the suggestions when the user presses CTRL+SPACE. However, I did not find anything that could give me the screen coordinates of the caret.

So, how can I find out the coordinates of the caret ( I plan to use it in a key press event handler ), or if it's not possible at the moment, what workaround do I have for my scenario? (please note that I want to show the popup at the caret position, and not anywhere on the screen as it would be strange to show it at the center of the TextArea for example).

Regards,
subzero

Edited by: subzero on May 5, 2013 3:19 PM

Edited by: subzero on May 5, 2013 3:19 PM
This post has been answered by James_D on May 5 2013
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