Mouse position error

Hi guys,
I want to use a Curser position function with javascript like this:

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<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>

<script language="javascript">

function test(){

    var posx = (window.Event) ? e.pageX : event.clientX + (document.documentElement.scrollLeft ? document.documentElement.scrollLeft : document.body.scrollLeft);

    var posy = (window.Event) ? e.pageY : event.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop);

    alert(posx+","+posy);

}

      </script>

</head>
 
<body>

<input name="test" type="button" value="click me" onClick="test();"/>

</body>

</html>

This isn't the problem, this'll work. But when I include the javascript file Prototype.js it won't work anymore, an error will show.
The error is 'variable e is not defined'
this code won't work:

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<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>
 
<script src="js/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
<script language="javascript">

function test(){

    var posx = (window.Event) ? e.pageX : event.clientX + (document.documentElement.scrollLeft ? document.documentElement.scrollLeft : document.body.scrollLeft);

    var posy = (window.Event) ? e.pageY : event.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop);

    alert(posx+","+posy);

}

      </script>

</head>
 
<body>

<input name="test" type="button" value="click me" onClick="test();"/>

</body>

</html>

(I'm using Prototype 1.5.0 btw)
Can anyone help me? I really need the Javascript Framework and the mousepos function working.

Jan 23 '09 #1

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Dormilich

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does the error console (firefox) show any errors? (alternately, you could provide a link, so that we can see for ourselves)

Jan 23 '09 #2

Wuggles

@Dormilich
Yeah the error console says 'e is not defined' same as I.E.

By the way, this is without prototype:
Untitled Document
and this is with the prototype:
Untitled Document

Jan 24 '09 #3

Wuggles

Problem fixed :)
'Event' was supposed to be 'event'.

Jan 24 '09 #4

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