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how to capture desktop screen with its mouse cursor?

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    Simon ZanG
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    i tried grabwindow( )but the returned pixmap doesnt have a mouse cursor.i want to make a video streaming program and i wonder how so many video streaming programs run with a mouse cursor captured.are there any APIs to do that,thank you very much

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      i tried grabwindow( )but the returned pixmap doesnt have a mouse cursor.i want to make a video streaming program and i wonder how so many video streaming programs run with a mouse cursor captured.are there any APIs to do that,thank you very much

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      @Simon-ZanG Documentation says: "The mouse cursor is generally not grabbed", so you're out of luck with Qt here.
      "are there any APIs to do that" - I think you will have to look into native APIs for that.

      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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