Get page location

Question

I want to get the current location of my text

my mwe follow as:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\makeatletter
\def\getx{\tikz[remember picture]\node{\the\pgf@x};}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
one \getx two
one \getx two
\end{document}

but the result is all 0.0pt, what should I do？

Use \pgfpictureid I guess. E.g. https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/56510/250119 — user202729, Jul 23 '22 at 08:13
Ah, I thought you need to do something with TikZ. If you're currently just using TikZ as a proxy to get page coordinate, yes, use savepos. e.g. positioning - Determining the position of a symbol/letter in coordinates - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange — user202729, Jul 23 '22 at 08:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '22 at 08:33

You can modify your code to have the definition like this:

\makeatletter
\def\getx{\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
\node at (current page.north west){};
\node at (current page.south east){};
    \node (A){\xdef\myx{\the\dimexpr\paperwidth-\pgf@x}};
    \end{tikzpicture}}
\makeatother

This way the coordinates will be absolute according to the page dimensions.

Get page location

I want to get the current location of my text

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