offsetY property
Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of a pointer's position relative to the object firing the event.
Syntax
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Property values
Type: Integer
the y-coordinate, in pixels.
Remarks
This property is read-only in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, and read/write in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and later.
This property is read/write.
The coordinates match the offsetLeft and offsetTop properties of the object. Use offsetParent to find the container object that defines this coordinate system.
Examples
This example uses the offsetY property to determine the mouse position relative to the container that fired the event, and displays the mouse coordinates in the status bar at the bottom of the window.
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/offsetY.htm
<SCRIPT>
function offsetCoords()
{
var offsetInfo = ""
offsetInfo = "The x coordinate is: " + window.event.offsetX + "\r"
offsetInfo += "The y coordinate is: " + window.event.offsetY + "\r"
alert(offsetInfo);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onmousemove="window.status = 'X=' + window.event.offsetX +
' Y=' + window.event.offsetY"
ondblclick="offsetCoords()">
:
<DIV onclick="offsetCoords();" . . . position:absolute; top:200;
left:300;">
:
</DIV>
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