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1man on 02/14/08

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Cross Browser Cursor Position

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URL: http://ajaxian.com/archives/javascript-tip-cross-browser-cursor-positioning

Nice little snippet i found on Ajaxian, finds the position of the mouse cursor when it is fired.

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function getPosition(e) {
    e = e || window.event;
    var cursor = {x:0, y:0};
    if (e.pageX || e.pageY) {
        cursor.x = e.pageX;
        cursor.y = e.pageY;
    } 
    else {
        cursor.x = e.clientX + 
            (document.documentElement.scrollLeft || 
            document.body.scrollLeft) - 
            document.documentElement.clientLeft;
        cursor.y = e.clientY + 
            (document.documentElement.scrollTop || 
            document.body.scrollTop) - 
            document.documentElement.clientTop;
    }
    return cursor;
}

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Posted By: adix on February 15, 2008: Interesting how you and Dustin Diaz made the exact same function, isn't it? http://www.dustindiaz.com/getelementsbyclass/
Posted By: adix on February 15, 2008: just ignore my comment, it was for another someone :D sorry

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