Is it possible to get the coordinates of a user clicked point in a current MXD with ArcGIS 10.0 ArcPy?

Question

I would like to know if it is possible to get the coordinates from a user clicked point in the current map document - arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")?

Answer 1

There appears to be a solution to this using a Python Add-in over at the ArcGIS Discussion Forums.

There is also a Knowledge Base Technical Article with more concise code. This also mentions that ...

"Prior to ArcGIS 10.1, Python could not be used to interact with the ArcGIS interface."

Please note that while I have just tried both I have not been able to get the button I have the code behind to activate so I cannot yet confirm that the code works. I am using ArcGIS 10.1 SP1.

My code for your reference is:

import arcpy
import pythonaddins

class ClickForXYCoordinates(object):
    """Implementation for MyPythonAddIn_addin.button (Button)"""
    def __init__(self):
        self.enabled = True
        self.shape = "NONE"
    def onMouseDownMap(self, x, y, button, shift):
        message = "Your mouse clicked:" + str(x) + ", " + str(y)
        pythonaddins.MessageBox(message, "My Coordinates")