Incorrect Y position GetMouseLocation()

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#1 
UDim2.new((UserInputService:GetMouseLocation().X - script.Parent.AbsolutePosition.X) / script.Parent.AbsoluteSize.X, 0, ((UserInputService:GetMouseLocation().Y - script.Parent.AbsolutePosition.Y) / script.Parent.AbsoluteSize.Y) - ("Y is messed up subtract with what?"), 0))

I’m trying to get the position of a mouse when clicked inside of a GUI object but the Y position is always wrong IgnoreGUIInset is off so I have no clue what the problem is

#2

Because .AbsolutePosition starts beneath the topbar instead of at the corner of the screen

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#3

What else can I do differently then?

#4

math.

get the GUI inset value and add it to the AbsolutePosition so that it starts at 0,0 when at the corner of the screen.

Example code

local uis = game:GetService('UserInputService')
local gus = game:GetService('GuiService')
local frame = script.Parent

game:GetService('RunService').RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	local origin: Vector2 = frame.AbsolutePosition + gus:GetGuiInset()
	local relative: Vector2 = uis:GetMouseLocation() - origin
	local alpha: Vector2 = relative / frame.AbsoluteSize
	print(alpha)
end)
#5

didnt even know :GetGuiInset() existed thanks

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