The MouseEvent screenY property is a read-only property and used for returning the vertical coordinate of the mouse pointer when an event was triggered.
Syntax :
event.screenY
Return Value: It returns a number which represents the vertical coordinate of the mouse pointer in pixels.
Below program illustrates the MouseEvent screenY property:
Example: Finding out the horizontal coordinates of the mouse pointer, relative to the screen, when the mouse button is clicked on an element.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>MouseEvent screenY Property in HTML</title>
<style>
h1 {
color: green;
}
h2 {
font-family: Impact;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>MouseEvent screenY Property</h2>
<p onclick="coord(event)">
Click somewhere in the paragraph to get
the y(vertical) coordinates of the mouse pointer.
</p>
<p id="test"></p>
<script>
function coord(event) {
var y = event.screenY;
var coords = " Y coords: " + y;
document.getElementById(
"test").innerHTML = coords;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
Supported Browsers:
- Opera 12.1
- Internet Explorer 9
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Firefox 1.5
- Apple Safari 1