C# Move Mouse Cursor to a Specific Position on Screen for Windows 10 64bit

Question

I tried this but I think it's for 32bit Windows only.

How to move mouse cursor using C#?

I am getting lots of red underline errors like "Cursor does not contain a definition for Position" and "Rectangle does not contain a constructor that takes 2 arguments"

private void MoveCursor()
{
   // Set the Current cursor, move the cursor's Position,
   // and set its clipping rectangle to the form. 

   this.Cursor = new Cursor(Cursor.Current.Handle);
   Cursor.Position = new Point(Cursor.Position.X - 50, Cursor.Position.Y - 50);
   Cursor.Clip = new Rectangle(this.Location, this.Size);
}

Searched older threads but I think the code is outdated and doesn't work in Windows 64 bit OS. So I'm looking for new code if there is any.

Answer 1

The example you are referencing is for moving the cursor by a specific amount, it is over-engineered if you just want to move the mouse to a specific position.

The code works on a 64 bit OS, but you need access to Windows Forms which is not available in every version of .NET.

At the top of the file you need to add

using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

You also need to add a reference to System.Windows.Forms to your project if it is not already included. The Cursor class is in System.Windows.Forms and the Point class is in System.Drawing .

The code is also supposed to exist inside a Form class, like if you created a new form through the IDE and then added some code to it. That is why it assumes a Cursor property already exists.

If all you want to do is move the cursor to a specific position on screen, you only need this one line and it doesn't need to be inside a Form:

Cursor.Position = new Point(x, y);

Replace x and y with the coordinates you need or set them as int variables. Position is a static property so you don't need to create an instance of Cursor first. But Cursor is still a class in System.Windows.Forms so you still need to be using it and have a reference to it in your project.