screenX Event Attribute
 Complete Event Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The screenX event attribute returns the horizontal coordinate (according to
the users computer screen) of the mouse
pointer when an event was triggered.
Syntax
Example
The following example alerts the coordinates of the mouse pointer when the mouse button
was
clicked:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function show_coords(event)
{
x=event.screenX
y=event.screenY
alert("X coords: " + x + ", Y coords: " + y)
}
</script>
</head>
<body onmousedown="show_coords(event)">
<p>Click in the document. An alert box will alert
the x and y coordinates of the cursor.</p>
</body>
</html>
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Try-It-Yourself Demos
screenX
- Alert the coordinates of the mouse pointer
Complete Event Object Reference
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