I have the following event handler for my html element
jQuery("#seek-bar").click(function(e){
var x = e.pageX - e.target.offsetLeft;
alert(x);
});
I need to find the position of the mouse on the #seek-bar at the time of clicking. I would have thought the above code should work, but it gives incorrect result
Are you trying to get the position of mouse pointer relative to element ( or ) simply the mouse pointer location
Try this Demo : http://jsfiddle.net/AMsK9/
1) event.pageX, event.pageY gives you the mouse position relative document !
Ref : http://api.jquery.com/event.pageX/
http://api.jquery.com/event.pageY/
2) offset() : It gives the offset position of an element
Ref : http://api.jquery.com/offset/
3) position() : It gives you the relative Position of an element i.e.,
consider an element is embedded inside another element
example :
<div id="imParent">
<div id="imchild" />
</div>
Ref : http://api.jquery.com/position/
HTML
<body>
<div id="A" style="left:100px;"> Default <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
<div id="B" style="left:300px;"> offset() <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
<div id="C" style="left:500px;"> position() <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
</body>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function (e) {
$('#A').click(function (e) { //Default mouse Position
alert(e.pageX + ' , ' + e.pageY);
});
$('#B').click(function (e) { //Offset mouse Position
var posX = $(this).offset().left,
posY = $(this).offset().top;
alert((e.pageX - posX) + ' , ' + (e.pageY - posY));
});
$('#C').click(function (e) { //Relative ( to its parent) mouse position
var posX = $(this).position().left,
posY = $(this).position().top;
alert((e.pageX - posX) + ' , ' + (e.pageY - posY));
});
});
$('#something').click(function (e){
var elm = $(this);
var xPos = e.pageX - elm.offset().left;
var yPos = e.pageY - elm.offset().top;
console.log(xPos, yPos);
});
Try this:
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
$("#special").click(function(e){
$('#status2').html(e.pageX +', '+ e.pageY);
});
})
Here you can find more info with DEMO
In percentage :
$('.your-class').click(function (e){
var $this = $(this); // or use $(e.target) in some cases;
var offset = $this.offset();
var width = $this.width();
var height = $this.height();
var posX = offset.left;
var posY = offset.top;
var x = e.pageX-posX;
x = parseInt(x/width*100,10);
x = x<0?0:x;
x = x>100?100:x;
var y = e.pageY-posY;
y = parseInt(y/height*100,10);
y = y<0?0:y;
y = y>100?100:y;
console.log(x+'% '+y+'%');
});
If MouseEvent.offsetX is supported by your browser (all major browsers actually support it), The jQuery Event object will contain this property.
The MouseEvent.offsetX read-only property provides the offset in the X coordinate of the mouse pointer between that event and the padding edge of the target node.
$("#seek-bar").click(function(event) {
var x = event.offsetX
alert(x);
});
see here enter link description here
html
<body>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<div id="myPosition">
</div>
</body>
css
#myPosition{
background-color:red;
height:200px;
width:200px;
}
jquery
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#myPosition").click(function(e){
var elm = $(this);
var xPos = e.pageX - elm.offset().left;
var yPos = e.pageY - elm.offset().top;
alert("X position: " + xPos + ", Y position: " + yPos);
});
});
