Re: [Inkscape-user] Writing an extension for a new object type

I do not know of any way of reading the mouse position from inside a Python extension, or trapping an event like a mouse click; however... it might be worthwhile to consider the following workaround. - ask the user to draw a small rectangle (or anything) at the desired position - make sure this is still selected when you load the extension - from inside the Python extension, detect the selected object, and overwrite it with your custom object, removing the original rectangle completely

You may be able to re-use some of the ideas present in the "Modify Path" submenu, for example, perspective.py, which modifies an existing object.

hth, Alvin Penner