# Getting the coordinates of a point that was clicked on renderView
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-the-coordinates-of-a-point-that-was-clicked-on-renderview/3174
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 12, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-the-coordinates-of-a-point-that-was-clicked-on-renderview/3174 "2019-12-12T16:16:40Z")
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### Author:  [@majo\_vlas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/majo_vlas)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-the-coordinates-of-a-point-that-was-clicked-on-renderview/3174/1 "2019-12-12T16:16:40Z")
Is there a way to know where the user clicks on the windows view?
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-the-coordinates-of-a-point-that-was-clicked-on-renderview/3174/2 "2019-12-13T21:10:03Z")
Probe filter? Notice the View has to have focus, and you have to hit the p key.
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### Author:  [@majo\_vlas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/majo_vlas)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-the-coordinates-of-a-point-that-was-clicked-on-renderview/3174/3 "2019-12-16T13:50:22Z")
Well, in my case I have a 3d representation of a head compose of 360 DICOMImages. I clicked in a specific point and it gave me
```auto
Point ID | DICOMImage | Points | vtkValidPointMask
0 | -998 | 0,0,0 | 1
```
which is not exactly what I need. For example, how can I “draw” a point in that exact location?
I also tried spliting the view and selecting `spreadsheet view` but ParaView crashed.