JavaScript Coordinates of Mouse
In JavaScript, we have methods that help us to capture the location of the mouse on the screen. The top left corner of the screen is (0, 0) i,e, X, and Y coordinates are (0, 0). This means that vertical zero is the topmost point and horizontal zero is the leftmost point. In this article, we are going to learn how to find the Coordinates of the Mouse cursor in JavaScript.
It can be implemented using the clientX and clientY methods of the event:
- event.clientX: It gives the horizontal coordinate of the event.
- event.clientY: It gives the vertical coordinate of the mouse.
Syntax:
// For X coordinate
event.ClientX
// For Y coordinate
event.ClientY
Approach
- HTML structure with head, meta tags, and script for JavaScript.
- JavaScript function
coordinate(event)
captures mouse coordinates usingevent.clientX
andevent.clientY
. - The function updates input fields with IDs “X” and “Y” using
document.getElementById
. onmousemove
the attribute in the body triggers thecoordinate
function on mouse movement.- Display X and Y coordinates in real-time using input fields with IDs “X” and “Y” in the HTML body.
Example: Below is the implementation of the above approach.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html lang = "en" > < head > < meta charset = "UTF-8" > < meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" > < title >Document</ title > </ head > < script > function coordinate(event) { let x = event.clientX; let y = event.clientY; document.getElementById("X").value = x; document.getElementById("Y").value = y; } </ script > < body onmousemove = "coordinate(event)" > X-coordinate < input type = "text" id = "X" > < br > < br > Y-coordinate < input type = "text" id = "Y" > </ body > </ html > |
Output: