HTML | DOM MouseEvent clientY Property
The MouseEvent clientY property is a read-only property which is used to return the vertical coordinate of the mouse pointer based on the current window when a mouse event was triggered.
Syntax :
event.clientY
Return Value: It returns a number which represents the vertical coordinate of the mouse pointer in pixels.
Below program illustrates the MouseEvent clientY property:
Finding out the vertical coordinates of the mouse pointer when the mouse button is clicked on an element.
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title >MouseEvent clientY Property</ title > < style > h1 { color: green; } h2 { font-family: Impact; } body { text-align: center; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 > < h2 >MouseEvent clientY Property</ h2 > < p onclick = "coord(event)" > To get the y coordinates of the mouse pointer, click on this paragraph. </ p > < p id = "gfg" ></ p > < script > function coord(event) { var getYcoord = event.clientY; var result = "Y coordinate: " + getYcoord; document.getElementById("gfg").innerHTML = result; } </ script > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
After clicking the button
Supported Web Browsers:
- Opera
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Apple Safari