---
title: "system.gui.convertPointToScreen"
description: "Converts a pair of coordinates that are relative to the upper-left corner of some component to be relative to the upper-left corner of the entire screen."
---

# system.gui.convertPointToScreen

> Converts a pair of coordinates that are relative to the upper-left corner of some component to be relative to the upper-left corner of the entire screen.

This function is used in **Python Scripting**.

## Description
## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no [Client Permission](projects\project-properties\project-properties.md#client---permissions) restrictions.

## Syntax
`system.gui.convertPointToScreen(x, y, event)`

### Parameters

|Type|Parameter|Description|
|--|--|--|
|int| `x` |The X-coordinate, relative to the component that fired the event.|
|int |`y` | The Y-coordinate, relative to the component that fired the event.|
|EventObject|`event`| An event object for a component event.|
### Returns
**PyTuple** - A tuple of (x,y) in screen coordinates.
### Scope
All

## Code Examples
```python title="Example #1"
# This example will get the coordinates where the mouse is (from the corner of the monitor) and display them in a label.
# Get the screen coordinates of the pointer and write them to a label.
coords = system.gui.convertPointToScreen(event.x, event.y, event)
event.source.getComponent('Label').text = "x: %s y: %s" %(coords[0], coords[1])
```