not working both on IE and Mozilla

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 document.onclick = getcoordinate;
 
var mosX = 0;

var mosY = 0;
 
function getcoordinate(e)

{        

    if (!e) var e = window.event;
 
    mosX = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft;

    mosY = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop;
 
    return true;

}

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<body onclick="getcoordinate()">

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i'm trying this code to get mouse coordinates.

for 2 days i have read too many forum posts but could not succeed ....

this code works on IE but in Mozilla it does not work..

do i miss something?

Feb 11 '08 #1

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Welcome to TSDN!

See this link - it should give you an idea about how to get the co-ordinates across all browsers.

Feb 11 '08 #2

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 function doSomething(e) {

    var posx = 0;

    var posy = 0;

    if (!e) var e = window.event;

    if (e.pageX || e.pageY)     {

        posx = e.pageX;

        posy = e.pageY;

    }

    else if (e.clientX || e.clientY)     {

        posx = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft

            + document.documentElement.scrollLeft;

        posy = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop

            + document.documentElement.scrollTop;

    }

    // posx and posy contain the mouse position relative to the document

    // Do something with this information

}

the link has this function i change it a little

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 var mosX = 0;

var mosY = 0;
 
function getcoordinate(e)

{    

    if (!e) var e = window.event;
 
    if (e.pageX || e.pageY)     

    {

        mosx = e.pageX;

        mosy = e.pageY;

    }

    else if (e.clientX || e.clientY)     

    {

        mosx = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft

            + document.documentElement.scrollLeft;

        mosy = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop

            + document.documentElement.scrollTop;

    }

}

but it must work but still does not work in mozilla
and the positons in explorer alittle changed

is this about mozilla

Feb 14 '08 #3

acoder

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Expert Mod 8TB

JavaScript is case-sensitive: mosx and mosy should be mosX and mosY.

Feb 14 '08 #4

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