jQuery: Display the mouse position relative to the left and top edges of the document

Last update on May 30 2022 10:20:52 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery Fundamental - I : Exercise-91

Display the mouse position relative to the left and top edges of the document (within this iframe).

Sample solution :

HTML Code :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Display the mouse position relative to the left and top edges of the document (within this iframe).</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="position"></div>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code :

 body {
 background-color: #CCDD96;
 }
 div {
 padding: 20px;
 }

JavaScript Code :

$( document ).on( "mousemove", function( event ) {
$( "#position" ).text( "pageX: " + event.pageX + ", pageY: " + event.pageY );
});

See the Pen jquery-fundamental-exercise-91 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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