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# selectWidgetCoordinatesByRef()

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-ui-dashboard](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/index.md)
- Kind: function
- Stability: alpha
- Deprecated
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-ui-dashboard/src/model/store/tabs/layout/layoutSelectors.ts

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

> Warning: This API is now obsolete.
> 
> The selector returns coordinates in its parent layout. The information is not useful on its  own when dashboard uses nested layout. For this case use [selectWidgetPathByRef()](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.selectwidgetpathbyref/index.md) instead.
> 
> TODO LX-648: remove this selector, exported only for backward compatible reasons.
> 

Selects layout coordinates for a given widget.

**Signature:**

```typescript
selectWidgetCoordinatesByRef: (ref: ObjRef) => DashboardSelector<ILayoutCoordinates>
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ref | [ObjRef](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.objref/index.md) |  |

**Returns:**

[DashboardSelector](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.dashboardselector/index.md)&lt;[ILayoutCoordinates](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.ilayoutcoordinates/index.md)&gt;