Detecting Physical Mouse Movement with Python and Windows 10 Without Cursor Movement

Question

I have this code which uses the change in mouse cursor position to detect mouse movement:

import win32api
from time import sleep

savedpos = win32api.GetCursorPos()
count = 0
while(True):

    curpos = win32api.GetCursorPos()
    if savedpos != curpos:
        count = count +1
        savedpos = curpos
        print("Mouse Movement # ", count)
    sleep(0.05)

The problem is that when the mouse cursor is in one of the corners of the screen, my Python code may not recognize mouse movement. For example, if the mouse cursor is in the upper left corner of the screen, moving my physical mouse up and/or left will not have any effect on my Python code (it won't print "Mouse Movement #").

Can someone please help me get my Python code to recognize physical mouse movement even when the mouse cursor is unable to move on the screen?

Cooperation

Without capturing the mouse (see SetCapture()/ReleaseCapture()) the only way I can think is to set the cursor position to (1,1) when you detect the cursor is at (0,0), so that you can detect mouse movement again. – Arnitaarno

That seems like a good workaround, thanks fferri yesterday! – Cooperation

Answer 1

It is impossible to detect mouse movement if it's in corner and you move it into border.

Solifluction

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