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# mouseLocationOutsideOfEventStream

The current location of the pointer reckoned in the window’s base coordinate system, regardless of the current event being handled or of any events pending.

```
var mouseLocationOutsideOfEventStream: NSPoint { get }
```

## Discussion

For the same information in screen coordinates, use `NSEvent`’s [`mouseLocation`](/documentation/AppKit/NSEvent/mouseLocation).

## See Also

[`currentEvent`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/currentEvent)

The last event object that the app retrieved from the event queue.


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