HTML | DOM MouseEvent screenX Property
The MouseEvent screenX property is used for returning the horizontal coordinate of the mouse pointer whenever this event is triggered. It returns a number which represents the horizontal distance of the mouse pointer relative to the screen in pixels.
The MouseEvent screenX property is a read-only property and it returns a number which represents the horizontal coordinate of the mouse pointer in pixels.
Syntax :
event.screenX
Below program illustrate the MouseEvent screenX property :
Program: Finding out the horizontal coordinates of the mouse pointer, relative to the screen, when the mouse button is clicked on an element.
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title >MouseEvent screenX Property in HTML</ title > < style > h1 { color:green; } h2 { font-family: Impact; } body { text-align:center; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h1 >w3wiki</ h1 > < h2 >MouseEvent screenX Property</ h2 > < p onclick = "coord(event)" > Click somewhere in the paragraph to get the x(horizontal) coordinates of the mouse pointer. </ p > < p id = "test" ></ p > < script > function coord(event) { var x = event.screenX; var coords = " X coords: " + x; document.getElementById("test").innerHTML = coords; } </ script > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
After clicking the button
Supported Web Browsers
- Opera
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Apple Safari