About Screen Coordinates Tool

Welcome to ScreenCoordinates.com. We are a small team of QA engineers, UI designers, and automation enthusiasts who were tired of downloading heavy, ad-ridden desktop software just to find a simple X/Y pixel on our screens.

Screen Coordinates is a practical website that helps people measure and understand on-screen position data. The site combines a browser-based coordinate tool with easy-to-understand guides for designers, front-end developers, QA engineers, support teams, and anyone who needs reliable X/Y values for real work.

Our Story

The project started in 2023 when our founder was debugging a UI automation script. He needed precise click coordinates for a multi-monitor setup, but every tool he tried either required installation, showed ads, or got the DPI scaling wrong. The numbers on screen never matched the physical pixels.

That frustration led to a simple idea: a coordinate tool that runs entirely in the browser, respects privacy, and gets the math right. No downloads, no uploads, no tracking. Just accurate X/Y values you can trust.

Today, Screen Coordinates serves thousands of users every month across more than 150 countries. We have grown from a single-page utility into a multi-language resource with detailed guides, troubleshooting articles, and a community of professionals who rely on our tools daily.

Our Mission

We built this tool with a single philosophy: It should just work, instantly, in your browser.

• No Installation: Why install a 50MB app when your browser can read coordinates natively?
• Privacy First: Your screenshots never leave your device. All image processing and coordinate tracking happens locally in your browser's memory.
• Accuracy: We account for device pixel ratios (DPR) and DPI scaling to ensure the coordinates you see match your physical monitor.
• Accessibility: Our tool works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS without platform-specific builds.

The Team

Our team combines expertise in software engineering, user interface design, and technical writing. We are not a large corporation; we are a dedicated group of professionals who use these tools ourselves.

Engineering: Our developers have backgrounds in browser API design, image processing, and cross-platform compatibility. They ensure the tool works correctly across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

Content: Our writers include former QA leads and technical support specialists who understand the real-world problems our users face. Every guide is tested against actual workflows before publication.

Design: Our UI designer focuses on clarity and speed. The interface is intentionally minimal so you can get your coordinates without distraction.

Who Uses This Tool?

Every month, thousands of professionals rely on our tool for:

• Macro Recording: Finding exact click coordinates for AutoHotkey (AHK), PyAutoGUI, and other macro scripts.
• UI/UX Design: Verifying pixel-perfect alignment in web and desktop applications.
• Game Development: Mapping out UI overlays, crosshairs, and click-zones in Unity and Unreal Engine.
• QA Testing: Documenting bug locations with precise X/Y readings for reproducible test cases.
• Technical Support: Guiding users through interface troubleshooting with exact coordinate references.

Content Standards

Our goal is to publish content that answers real questions about coordinate measurement instead of building thin pages around isolated keywords. A useful page on this site should explain the problem, show a workflow, mention common mistakes, and point readers to the related guide or tool they need next.

We follow these principles for every article:

• Accuracy: All technical claims are verified against current browser behavior and operating system APIs.
• Practicality: We focus on workflows you can use today, not theoretical concepts without application.
• Clarity: We explain DPI, DPR, viewport coordinates, and screen coordinates in plain language with visual examples.
• Currency: We review and update articles when browser APIs change or new monitor technologies emerge.

Community & Feedback

We believe the best tools are built with users, not just for them. If you notice an unclear explanation, a broken page, or a guide that needs correction, we want to hear from you.

We read every message sent to [email protected]. Your feedback directly influences our roadmap. Past user suggestions have led to features like multi-monitor support, negative coordinate handling, and the screenshot overlay mode.

You can also reach us through our contact page for feature requests, partnership inquiries, or press questions.

Future Roadmap

We are actively developing new features based on user feedback and emerging technologies:

• Color Picker Integration: Read both coordinates and hex/RGB values from the same point.
• Batch Coordinate Export: Save multiple points as JSON or CSV for automation scripts.
• Mobile Support: Touch-friendly coordinate reading for tablet and phone debugging.
• Extended Language Coverage: Adding Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean versions of all guides.

Contact Us

Have a question, suggestion, or business inquiry? We would love to hear from you.

Email: [email protected]

Visit our contact page for more ways to reach us.