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Cross Browser Cursor Position

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

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  1. function getPosition(e) {
  2.     e = e || window.event;
  3.     var cursor = {x:0, y:0};
  4.     if (e.pageX || e.pageY) {
  5.         cursor.x = e.pageX;
  6.         cursor.y = e.pageY;
  7.     } 
  8.     else {
  9.         cursor.x = e.clientX + 
  10.             (document.documentElement.scrollLeft || 
  11.             document.body.scrollLeft) - 
  12.             document.documentElement.clientLeft;
  13.         cursor.y = e.clientY + 
  14.             (document.documentElement.scrollTop || 
  15.             document.body.scrollTop) - 
  16.             document.documentElement.clientTop;
  17.     }
  18.     return cursor;
  19. }

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

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