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micmath on 04/14/08


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Get mouse coordinates relative to document

Published in: JavaScript 

URL: http://evolt.org/article/Mission_Impossible_mouse_position/17/23335/index.html

Snagged from pp]{ It's relative to document, not the visible area in the window.

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  1. function handleEvent(e)
  2. {
  3. 	if (!e) var e = window.event;
  4. 	var posx = 0;
  5. 	var posy = 0;
  6. 	if (!e) var e = window.event;
  7. 	if (e.pageX || e.pageY)
  8. 	{
  9. 		posx = e.pageX;
  10. 		posy = e.pageY;
  11. 	}
  12. 	else if (e.clientX || e.clientY)
  13. 	{
  14. 		posx = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft;
  15. 		posy = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop;
  16. 	}
  17. 	// posx and posy contain
  18. 	// the mouse position relative to the document
  19. 	// Do something with this information
  20. }

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