event.clientX/clientY

Event location

The following code prints out the event location by using the pageX and pageY properties.


<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){<!--from w  w w. ja va2  s .c o  m-->
            $("div").mouseover(function(e){
              var pageCoords = "( " + e.pageX + ", " + e.pageY + " )";
              var clientCoords = "( " + e.clientX + ", " + e.clientY + " )";
              $("span:first").text("( e.pageX, e.pageY ) - " + pageCoords);
              $("span:last").text("( e.clientX, e.clientY ) - " + clientCoords);
            });
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
         <div>   
            <span>Move the mouse over the div.</span>
            <span>&nbsp;</span>
          </div>
          <div>java2s.com</div>
    </body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.