Re: How to use event.clientX and clientY

"TheKeith" <no (AT) spam (DOT) com> wrote

Can someone tell me why this isn't working?

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Isn't event.clientX and clientY supposed to return an
integer value? If so, why isn't this working? Thanks.

How are you defining "isn't working" in this context? As this (almost)
IE only code is doing exactly what it is being asked to do in IE 6.

Richard.

"Richard Cornford" <Richard (AT) litotes (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote

"TheKeith" <no (AT) spam (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Can someone tell me why this isn't working?

snip

Isn't event.clientX and clientY supposed to return an
integer value? If so, why isn't this working? Thanks.

How are you defining "isn't working" in this context? As this (almost)
IE only code is doing exactly what it is being asked to do in IE 6.

Richard.

Well, I expect it to write the x position and y position of the pointer, at
the time of my clicking the link, to the text fields. Why is this an almost
only ie code? thanks.

"TheKeith" <no (AT) spam (DOT) com> wrote

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How are you defining "isn't working" in this context? As this
(almost) IE only code is doing exactly what it is being asked
to do in IE 6.
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Well, I expect it to write the x position and y position of the
pointer, at the time of my clicking the link, to the text fields.

And that is exactly what it does on my IE 6 (with the caveat that the X
and Y coordinates are relative to the upper left corner of the inner
border of the client area).

Why is this an almost only ie code? thanks.

The function called by the event handling code uses the global
identifier "event" and originally only IE browsers supported a global
event object, more recently, in a bid for compatibility with IE, some
other browsers have implemented global event objects, but not all.

Richard.