How to simulate mouse move and mouse click on Mac using C or C++

Question

I am trying to simulate mouse move and mouse click on Mac using C or C++.

But unfortunately I don't find any Libraries for the same.

I have seen windows.h (works only for Windows) and also swinput (works for linux)

Is there anything like that for Mac?

Answer 1

CGPostMouseEvent has been deprecated in SnowLeopard. You can replace it with something like

CGEventRef mouseDownEv = CGEventCreateMouseEvent (NULL,kCGEventLeftMouseDown,pt,kCGMouseButtonLeft);
CGEventPost (kCGHIDEventTap, mouseDownEv);
CGEventRef mouseUpEv = CGEventCreateMouseEvent (NULL,kCGEventLeftMouseUp,pt,kCGMouseButtonLeft);
CGEventPost (kCGHIDEventTap, mouseUpEv );
CGEventRef CGEventCreateMouseEvent( 
 CGEventSourceRef source, // The event source may be taken from another event, or may be NULL.
 CGEventType mouseType, // `mouseType' should be one of the mouse event types. 
 CGPoint mouseCursorPosition, // `mouseCursorPosition' should be the position of the mouse cursor in global coordinates. 
 CGMouseButton mouseButton); // `mouseButton' should be the button that's changing state; 
 // `mouseButton' is ignored unless `mouseType' is one of 
 // `kCGEventOtherMouseDown', `kCGEventOtherMouseDragged', or `kCGEventOtherMouseUp'.

Mouse button 0 is the primary button on the mouse. Mouse button 1 is the secondary mouse button (right). Mouse button 2 is the center button, and the remaining buttons are in USB device order.

kCGEventLeftMouseDown
kCGEventLeftMouseUp
kCGEventRightMouseDown
kCGEventRightMouseUp
kCGEventMouseMoved
kCGEventLeftMouseDragged
kCGEventRightMouseDragged

are now at your disposal.

Answer 2

My recommendation is that you check how the Mac ports of VNC do it.