MouseEvent pageX Property
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MouseEvent pageX Property
❮ DOM Events
❮ MouseEvent
Example
Output the coordinates of the mouse pointer when the mouse button is clicked
on an element:
var x = event.pageX; // Get the horizontal coordinate
var y = event.pageY; // Get the vertical coordinate
var coor = "X coords: " + x + ", Y coords: " + y;
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Definition and Usage
The pageX property returns the horizontal coordinate (according to the
document) of the mouse pointer when a mouse event
was triggered.
The document is the web page.
Tip: To get the vertical coordinate (according to the
document) of the mouse pointer,
use the pageY property.
Note: This property is read-only.
Note: This property is non-standard, but works in most major
browsers.
Browser Support
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pageX | Yes | 12.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Syntax
event.pageX
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A Number, representing the horizontal coordinate of the mouse pointer, in pixels |
|---|---|
| DOM Version: | None |
More Examples
Example
Output the coordinates of the mouse pointer while the mouse pointer moves
over an element:
var x = event.pageX;
var y = event.pageY;
var coor = "X coords: " + x + ", Y coords: " + y;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = coor;
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Example
A demonstration of the differences between pageX and pageY and screenX
and screenY:
var pX = event.screenX;
var cX = event.pageX;
var pY = event.screenY;
var cY = event.pageY;
var coords1 = "page - X: " + pX + ", Y coords: " + pY;
var coords2 = "screen - X: " + cX + ", Y coords: " + cY;
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Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: MouseEvent pageY Property
HTML DOM reference: MouseEvent clientX Property
HTML DOM reference: MouseEvent clientY Property
HTML DOM reference: MouseEvent screenX Property
HTML DOM reference: MouseEvent screenY Property
❮ DOM Events
❮ MouseEvent