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
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