MouseEvent pageX Property - Javascript DOM

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Description

The pageX property returns the horizontal coordinate of the mouse pointer.

This property is read-only.

Return Value

A Number, horizontal coordinate of the mouse pointer, in pixels

The following code shows how to Output the coordinates of the mouse pointer when the mouse button is clicked on an element:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {/*from  ww w.j  av  a  2s.c  o m*/
    width: 200px;
    height: 100px;
    border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div onmousemove="showCoords(event)" onmouseout="clearCoor()"></div>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function showCoords(event) {
    var x = event.pageX;
    var y = event.pageY;
    var coor = "X coords: " + x + ", Y coords: " + y;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = coor;
}

function clearCoor() {
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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