I hope this makes some sense. My ultimate goal here is to execute a block of code if the mouse has not moved in a minute or so within the broswer. The machine I am running this on is for internal use only, so I have no fear of this not working in certain browsers, etc.
I am no javascript pro but know enough to catch on if anyone is kind enough to help me out here. One of the only ways I could see this working is by having js check the mouse coordinates and compare them to see if they have changed or not. I dont know if this is an absurd way to go about or not, but I could see it working. So I have this so far, it just shows the x and y coordiantes...
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Capturing The Mouse Position in IE4-6 & NS4-6
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<html>
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<body>
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Set up a form named "Show" with text fields named "MouseX"
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and "MouseY". Note in the getMouseXY() function how fields
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are addressed, thus: document.FormName.FieldName.value
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<form name="Show">
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<input type="text" name="MouseX" value="0" size="4"> X<br>
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<input type="text" name="MouseY" value="0" size="4"> Y<br>
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</form>
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Use JavaScript ver 1.2 so older browsers ignore the script.
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The <script> must be *after* the <form> -- since the form
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and fields must exist *prior* to being called in the script.
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//-->
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<script language="JavaScript1.2">
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// Detect if the browser is IE or not.
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// If it is not IE, we assume that the browser is NS.
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var IE = document.all?true:false
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// If NS -- that is, !IE -- then set up for mouse capture
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if (!IE) document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE)
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// Set-up to use getMouseXY function onMouseMove
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document.onmousemove = getMouseXY;
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// Temporary variables to hold mouse x-y pos.s
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var tempX = 0
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var tempY = 0
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// Main function to retrieve mouse x-y pos.s
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function getMouseXY(e) {
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if (IE) { // grab the x-y pos.s if browser is IE
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tempX = event.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft
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tempY = event.clientY + document.body.scrollTop
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} else { // grab the x-y pos.s if browser is NS
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tempX = e.pageX
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tempY = e.pageY
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}
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// catch possible negative values in NS4
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if (tempX < 0){tempX = 0}
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if (tempY < 0){tempY = 0}
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// show the position values in the form named Show
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// in the text fields named MouseX and MouseY
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document.Show.MouseX.value = tempX
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document.Show.MouseY.value = tempY
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return true
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}
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//-->
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</script>
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</body>
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</html>
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I know the following is not correct at all, but I was just sketching the idea out in notepad for how the logic could work.
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if counter < 20
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{
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if tempxy == grabxy
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set storexy cord
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wait 5 seconds
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if storexy == tempxy
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counter = counter ++
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}
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else
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//code to go here
I dont even know if that is decipherable or even close to the correct syntax? But my MAIN question is this.. If someone can help me with this, I am pretty certain I can make this work.
How would I "capture" the tempX and tempY variables and store them in say, var Capture1 and then 5 seconds later "capture" tempX and tempY again, and store those values in say, var Capture2? If I can grab the coordinates at a given time I can then compare them. If the coordiantes stay the same for about 10 loops thorough that code, then my next block of code could be run.
... It is late.... I hope this makes sense, and I would be SUPER happy if someone could help me out, or at least point me somewhere.
Thanks a ton for any help!
