How can I make pyautogui tell me the coordinates of the locateOnScreen function

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My goal for this right now is to be able to receive the coordinates from the pyautogui function locateOnScreen and use the returned coordinates to click an object on the screen. I know how to use coordinates to click on screen but I cannot find the coordinates from the locateOnScreen function

Code

This is what I have so far which finds an object on the screen and determines if the object is visible. I just need to grab the coordinates of the object.

from pyautogui import *
import pyautogui
import time
import keyboard
import random

while True:
    if pyautogui.locateOnScreen('x1.png', confidence=0.9) is not None:
        print("I can see it")
        time.sleep(1)
    else:
        print("I can not see the X")
        time.sleep(2)

x1.png

x1.png

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2 Answers

See the documentation: The return value of the locateOnScreen function holds the coordinates.

x1_coordinates = pyautogui.locateOnScreen('x1.png', confidence=0.9)
print(x1_coordinates)  # This will print out where it is

if x1_coordinates:
    print(f"I can see it at {x1_coordinates}")
else:
    print("I cannot see it.")

UPDATE: In chat, we've also discussed clicking on that object. For that, you can use locateCenterOnSCreen or pyautogui.click(x.left + 3, x.top - 3) (which is a bit of a hack and I wouldn't recommend using it).

user_41199060

Use locateCenterOnScreen to get x and y coodinates:

import pyautogui

while True:
    try:
        x, y = pyautogui.locateCenterOnScreen('x1.png')
        print(f'I can see it at: {x}x{y}')
    except TypeError:
        print('I can not see it')

Output:

I can not see it
I can see it at: 960x571
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