# Drawing Tools - Get Coordinates: drag doesn't work

My Mathematica version is 10.3. When I drag with Get Coordinates function under the Drawing Tools it does not work. For example, I cannot mark a set of points along the path and cannot use alt-drag/opt-drag to mark a rectangular area. May anybody help me with this bug.

• I second this comment. It used to work in previous versions, where you could drag and create a set of points, and then copy and use them in a graphics object, etc. I haven't had to use this feature for a while, but I have noticed that it seems to be broken. (unless the way to do it has changed) – Tom De Vries Mar 14 '17 at 18:16

In a new cell, type (for example) img = and to the right of the equal sign, right click and select Paste. This will paste the drawing object into the cell as a graphic. When you execute the cell, the drawing object is assigned to the variable img, and you can now access the graphics primitives making up the object. So, for example, if you type InputForm[img] the output will include a Line object with a long list of coordinate pairs.