HTML | DOM MouseEvent pageX Property
The MouseEvent pageX property is a read-only property and used for returning the horizontal coordinate of the mouse pointer when an event has triggered.
Syntax:
event.pageX
Return Values: It returns a number which represents the horizontal coordinate of the mouse pointer in pixels.
Below program illustrates the MouseEvent pageX property:
Example: Finding out the horizontal coordinates of the mouse pointer, when the mouse button is clicked on an element.
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title >MouseEvent pageX Property in HTML</ title > < style > h1 { color: green; } h2 { font-family: Impact; } body { text-align: center; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 > < h2 >MouseEvent pageX Property Property</ h2 > < p onclick = "coord(event)" > Click somewhere in the paragraph to get the x(horizontal) coordinates of the mouse pointer when it was clicked.</ p > < p id = "test" ></ p > < script > function coord(event) { var x = event.pageX; var coords = "X coordinates: " + x; document.getElementById( "test").innerHTML = coords; } </ script > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button
Supported Browsers:
- Opera
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Apple Safari