Javascript DOM onmousemove Event via HTML Tag onmousemove function

Introduction

In JavaScript: 

object.onmousemove = function(){
       myScript};

This example uses the HTML DOM to assign an "onmousemove" event to a div element.

Mouse over the rectangle, and get the coordinates of your mouse pointer.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {/* w w  w.java  2 s. com*/
  width: 200px;
  height: 100px;
  border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="myDIV"></div>
<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
document.getElementById("myDIV").onmousemove = function(event) {myFunction(event)};

function myFunction(e) {
  var x = e.clientX;
  var y = e.clientY;
  var coor = "Coordinates: (" + x + "," + y + ")";
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = coor;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>
Bubbles:
Cancelable:
Event type:
Supported HTML tags:











 Yes
Yes
MouseEvent
All HTML elements, EXCEPT:
<base>,
<bdo>,
<br>,
<head>,
<html>,
<iframe>,
<meta>,
<param>,
<script>,
<style>, and
<title>



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