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John Woram · 02-24-2006, 06:07 AM

I wrote a little script to detect mouse position--a stripped-down version is pasted below, just to show the basic coding. This works fine in IE and Firefox. As the mouse moves within the window, its X/Y coordinates are displayed in the form. HOWEVER (there's always a "however"

), if I add any "<!DOCTYPE ..." statement at the top, then in IE it only works if the mouse stays within the red-outlined form boundary. Is this just another IE bug, or is there something I can add to make IE happy? Or is there some alternative script that will do the same thing?

Thanks,
John

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function mouseCoords(event){
document.showXY.xPos.value=event.clientX;
document.showXY.yPos.value=event.clientY;
}
</script>
<style type="text/css">
form {border:1px solid red;}
</style>
</head>
<body onmousemove="mouseCoords(event)">
<form name="showXY">
<input name ="xPos" type="text" /><br />
<input name ="yPos" type="text" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

02-24-2006, 06:07 AM	#1
John Woram Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28	Mouse position problem I wrote a little script to detect mouse position--a stripped-down version is pasted below, just to show the basic coding. This works fine in IE and Firefox. As the mouse moves within the window, its X/Y coordinates are displayed in the form. HOWEVER (there's always a "however" ), if I add any "<!DOCTYPE ..." statement at the top, then in IE it only works if the mouse stays within the red-outlined form boundary. Is this just another IE bug, or is there something I can add to make IE happy? Or is there some alternative script that will do the same thing? Thanks, John <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function mouseCoords(event){ document.showXY.xPos.value=event.clientX; document.showXY.yPos.value=event.clientY; } </script> <style type="text/css"> form {border:1px solid red;} </style> </head> <body onmousemove="mouseCoords(event)"> <form name="showXY"> <input name ="xPos" type="text" /><br /> <input name ="yPos" type="text" /> </form> </body> </html>

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