Answers for "get mouse click coordinates javascript"

javascript onclick select coordinates

var x;
var y;
if (e.pageX || e.pageY) { 
  x = e.pageX;
  y = e.pageY;
}
else { 
  x = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft + document.documentElement.scrollLeft; 
  y = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop + document.documentElement.scrollTop; 
} 
x -= gCanvasElement.offsetLeft;
y -= gCanvasElement.offsetTop;

get mouse position javascript

<p>Click in the div element below to get the x (horizontal) and y (vertical) coordinates of the mouse pointer, when it is clicked.</p>

<div onclick="showCoords(event)"><p id="demo"></p></div>

<p><strong>Tip:</strong> Try to click different places in the div.</p>

<script>
function showCoords(event) {
  var cX = event.clientX;
  var sX = event.screenX;
  var cY = event.clientY;
  var sY = event.screenY;
  var coords1 = "client - X: " + cX + ", Y coords: " + cY;
  var coords2 = "screen - X: " + sX + ", Y coords: " + sY;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = coords1 + "<br>" + coords2;
}
</script>