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Get Mouse Position (from Quirksmode.org)

Published in: JavaScript 

URL: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_properties.html#position

This is PPK's solution for finding mouse position across platforms.

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  1. function doSomething(e) {
  2. 	var posx = 0;
  3. 	var posy = 0;
  4. 	if (!e) var e = window.event;
  5. 	if (e.pageX || e.pageY) 	{
  6. 		posx = e.pageX;
  7. 		posy = e.pageY;
  8. 	}
  9. 	else if (e.clientX || e.clientY) 	{
  10. 		posx = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft
  11. 			+ document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
  12. 		posy = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop
  13. 			+ document.documentElement.scrollTop;
  14. 	}
  15. 	// posx and posy contain the mouse position relative to the document
  16. 	// Do something with this information
  17. }

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