I'm very new to Javascript/HTML and I'm trying to create a manual tracking device for soccer/football games. (By using others examples) I've gotten as far as been able to create a program to track/dot my mouse movements across my screen and record the positional coordinates in the console, yet I'm struggling on 2 issues.
Is there a way to change the colour on my tracker by using keyboard shortcuts to indicate a possession change?
If so, is it also possible to correspond the colour of my tracker/dot the the coordinates in the console for later analysis?
Here's my code so far. Please feel free to rip it apart and edit it however you see fit.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example</title>
<style>
body {
height: 1000px;
}
.dot {
width: 2px;
height: 2px;
background-color: black;
position: absolute;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script>
(function() {
"use strict";
var mousePos;
document.onmousemove = handleMouseMove;
setInterval(getMousePosition, 100); // setInterval repeats every X ms
function handleMouseMove(event) {
var eventDoc, doc, body;
event = event || window.event; // IE-ism
// If pageX/Y aren't available and clientX/Y are,
// calculate pageX/Y - logic taken from jQuery.
// (This is to support old IE)
if (event.pageX == null && event.clientX != null) {
eventDoc = (event.target && event.target.ownerDocument) ||
document;
doc = eventDoc.documentElement;
body = eventDoc.body;
event.pageX = event.clientX +
(doc && doc.scrollLeft || body && body.scrollLeft || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientLeft || body && body.clientLeft || 0);
event.pageY = event.clientY +
(doc && doc.scrollTop || body && body.scrollTop || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientTop || body && body.clientTop || 0 );
}
mousePos = {
x: event.pageX,
y: event.pageY
};
}
function getMousePosition() {
var pos = mousePos;
console.log("mouse location:", pos);
if (!pos) {
// We haven't seen any movement yet, so don't add a duplicate dot
}
else {
// Use pos.x and pos.y
// Add a dot to follow the cursor
var dot;
dot = document.createElement('div');
dot.className = "dot";
dot.style.left = pos.x + "px";
dot.style.top = pos.y + "px";
document.body.appendChild(dot);
}
}
})();
</script>
</body>
<img src="Soccer_Template.png"></img>
</html>
I'm not sure i understand you're question but i'm going to try an answer.
1 - you can change the color of you're tracker using element.style.background
var dot = document.createElement('div');
dot.style.background = "red"; // Or any color, rgb, HEX you want
2 - It's possible to change the color of you're tracker dynamically to correspond of the coordinates. Just add something like
if(pos.x > 1 && pos.y > 1){
dot.style.background = "red";
}
else{
dot.style.background = "blue";
}
Hope it's helps
I have created an Array of images that load randomly when the page is refreshed and follows the cursor with an onmouseMove function. And fades out after a certain amount of time. You can find a working example here — JSFiddle
I came across another Question which supplied a JSFiddle that allowed the image to follow the cursor as well as adding some easing to it. The overall flow and experience is much more appealing, which is what I'm trying to achieve.
What I would like to know is if it were to possible to implement easing to the design I have created? I've read that there are some easing plug-ins but I feel that my situation might be a little different, but I could be wrong, I am very inexperienced when it comes to JS and jQuery.
Any feedback on how I can achieve this would be appreciated.
JS
(function() {
var pictures = ['http://www.iconsdb.com/icons/preview/white/x-mark-4-xxl.png', 'http://www.iconsdb.com/icons/preview/white/x-mark-xxl.png'];
var selectedPicture = Math.floor(Math.random() * pictures.length);
var randImg = pictures[selectedPicture];
document.onmousemove = handleMouseMove;
function handleMouseMove(event) {
var imgFollow, eventDoc, doc, body, pageX, pageY;
event = event || window.event; // IE-ism
// If pageX/Y aren't available and clientX/Y
// are, calculate pageX/Y - logic taken from jQuery
// Calculate pageX/Y if missing and clientX/Y available
if (event.pageX == null && event.clientX != null) {
eventDoc = (event.target && event.target.ownerDocument) || document;
doc = eventDoc.documentElement;
body = eventDoc.body;
event.pageX = event.clientX +
(doc && doc.scrollLeft || body && body.scrollLeft || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientLeft || body && body.clientLeft || 0);
event.pageY = event.clientY +
(doc && doc.scrollTop || body && body.scrollTop || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientTop || body && body.clientTop || 0 );
}
// Add an image to follow the cursor
var pictures = new Array ('http://www.etamcru.com/pub/img/toolbar_x_icon.png', 'http://www.schultzlawoffice.com/img/icons/blue/arrow-up-50-white.png', 'http://www.fullscope.com/SiteCollectionImages/Icons/White/Right-Arrow-Icon.png');
var selectedPicture = Math.floor(Math.random() * pictures.length);
imgFollow = document.createElement('div');
imgFollow.className = "imgFollow";
imgFollow.style.left = event.pageX + "px";
imgFollow.style.top = event.pageY + "px";
imgFollow.style.backgroundImage = 'url('+ randImg +')';
console.log(randImg);
document.body.appendChild(imgFollow);
setTimeout(function () {
imgFollow.className = "imgFollow fade-out"
}, 200);
}
})();
I'm using this code to show a popup, for a mini-profile in phpBB, triggered by a mouseover event
<style type="text/css">
.popUpProfile
{
position: absolute;
z-index: 3;
left: 100px;
top: 200px;
font-size: 14px;
background-color: #DCEBFE;
margin: 0 10px;
padding: 5px;
width: 450px;
border: solid 2px red;
border-radius: 8px;
resize:both;
overflow:auto;
visibility: hidden;
}
</style>
I'm looking to use the mouse coordinates to display the popup with the top at the same level as the hovered text, ie the mouse y position, and the left of it around 200px to the right. Using this code, which I have just found
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = init;
function init() {
if (window.Event) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
}
document.onmousemove = getCursorXY;
}
function getCursorXY(e) {
document.getElementById('cursorX').value = (window.Event) ? e.pageX : event.clientX + (document.documentElement.scrollLeft ? document.documentElement.scrollLeft : document.body.scrollLeft);
document.getElementById('cursorY').value = (window.Event) ? e.pageY : event.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop);
}
</script>
I've now got x and y variables, called cursorX and cursorY, but struggling to get these into the first code, and thus pass the coordinates to the popup. I've tried
left: cursorX + "px"
which looks like it should work from instances shown on this site, but it doesn't!
Can anyone advise on how to pass the variables, and also if the code used to obtain them is as efficient as it could be?
Any help would be appreciated (and apologies if this is old ground, but I have searched to no avail!)
Cheers!
The following code captures mouse coordinates and places your element at that position (Code taken from this Stack Overflow answer.
document.onmousemove = handleMouseMove;
function handleMouseMove(event) {
var dot, eventDoc, doc, body, pageX, pageY;
event = event || window.event; // IE-ism
// If pageX/Y aren't available and clientX/Y are,
// calculate pageX/Y - logic taken from jQuery.
// (This is to support old IE)
if (event.pageX == null && event.clientX != null) {
eventDoc = (event.target && event.target.ownerDocument) || document;
doc = eventDoc.documentElement;
body = eventDoc.body;
event.pageX = event.clientX +
(doc && doc.scrollLeft || body && body.scrollLeft || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientLeft || body && body.clientLeft || 0);
event.pageY = event.clientY +
(doc && doc.scrollTop || body && body.scrollTop || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientTop || body && body.clientTop || 0 );
}
// Use event.pageX / event.pageY here
//now you must set your elements left and top values dynamically using JavScript
//This assumes one element with that class name so it takes the first element
//returned by getElementsByClassName()
var myElem = document.getElementsByClassName("popUpProfile")[0];
myElem.style.left = event.pageX + "px";
myElem.style.top = event.pageY + "px";
}
I am hoping to track the position of the mouse cursor, periodically every t mseconds. So essentially, when a page loads - this tracker should start and for (say) every 100 ms, I should get the new value of posX and posY and print it out in the form.
I tried the following code - but the values do not get refreshed - only the initial values of posX and posY show up in the form boxes. Any ideas on how I can get this up and running ?
<html>
<head>
<title> Track Mouse </title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function mouse_position()
{
var e = window.event;
var posX = e.clientX;
var posY = e.clientY;
document.Form1.posx.value = posX;
document.Form1.posy.value = posY;
var t = setTimeout(mouse_position,100);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="mouse_position()">
<form name="Form1">
POSX: <input type="text" name="posx"><br>
POSY: <input type="text" name="posy"><br>
</form>
</body>
</html>
The mouse's position is reported on the event object received by a handler for the mousemove event, which you can attach to the window (the event bubbles):
(function() {
document.onmousemove = handleMouseMove;
function handleMouseMove(event) {
var eventDoc, doc, body;
event = event || window.event; // IE-ism
// If pageX/Y aren't available and clientX/Y are,
// calculate pageX/Y - logic taken from jQuery.
// (This is to support old IE)
if (event.pageX == null && event.clientX != null) {
eventDoc = (event.target && event.target.ownerDocument) || document;
doc = eventDoc.documentElement;
body = eventDoc.body;
event.pageX = event.clientX +
(doc && doc.scrollLeft || body && body.scrollLeft || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientLeft || body && body.clientLeft || 0);
event.pageY = event.clientY +
(doc && doc.scrollTop || body && body.scrollTop || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientTop || body && body.clientTop || 0 );
}
// Use event.pageX / event.pageY here
}
})();
(Note that the body of that if will only run on old IE.)
Example of the above in action - it draws dots as you drag your mouse over the page. (Tested on IE8, IE11, Firefox 30, Chrome 38.)
If you really need a timer-based solution, you combine this with some state variables:
(function() {
var mousePos;
document.onmousemove = handleMouseMove;
setInterval(getMousePosition, 100); // setInterval repeats every X ms
function handleMouseMove(event) {
var dot, eventDoc, doc, body, pageX, pageY;
event = event || window.event; // IE-ism
// If pageX/Y aren't available and clientX/Y are,
// calculate pageX/Y - logic taken from jQuery.
// (This is to support old IE)
if (event.pageX == null && event.clientX != null) {
eventDoc = (event.target && event.target.ownerDocument) || document;
doc = eventDoc.documentElement;
body = eventDoc.body;
event.pageX = event.clientX +
(doc && doc.scrollLeft || body && body.scrollLeft || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientLeft || body && body.clientLeft || 0);
event.pageY = event.clientY +
(doc && doc.scrollTop || body && body.scrollTop || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientTop || body && body.clientTop || 0 );
}
mousePos = {
x: event.pageX,
y: event.pageY
};
}
function getMousePosition() {
var pos = mousePos;
if (!pos) {
// We haven't seen any movement yet
}
else {
// Use pos.x and pos.y
}
}
})();
As far as I'm aware, you can't get the mouse position without having seen an event, something which this answer to another Stack Overflow question seems to confirm.
Side note: If you're going to do something every 100ms (10 times/second), try to keep the actual processing you do in that function very, very limited. That's a lot of work for the browser, particularly older Microsoft ones. Yes, on modern computers it doesn't seem like much, but there is a lot going on in browsers... So for example, you might keep track of the last position you processed and bail from the handler immediately if the position hasn't changed.
onmousemove = function(e){console.log("mouse location:", e.clientX, e.clientY)}
Open your console (Ctrl+Shift+J), copy-paste the code above and move your mouse on browser window.
Here's a solution, based on jQuery and a mouse event listener (which is far better than a regular polling) on the body:
$("body").mousemove(function(e) {
document.Form1.posx.value = e.pageX;
document.Form1.posy.value = e.pageY;
})
What I think that he only wants to know the X/Y positions of cursor than why answer is that complicated.
// Getting 'Info' div in js hands
var info = document.getElementById('info');
// Creating function that will tell the position of cursor
// PageX and PageY will getting position values and show them in P
function tellPos(p){
info.innerHTML = 'Position X : ' + p.pageX + '<br />Position Y : ' + p.pageY;
}
addEventListener('mousemove', tellPos, false);
* {
padding: 0:
margin: 0;
/*transition: 0.2s all ease;*/
}
#info {
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
right: 10px;
background-color: black;
color: white;
padding: 25px 50px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id='info'></div>
</body>
</html>
I believe that we are overthinking this,
function mouse_position(e)
{
//do stuff
}
<body onmousemove="mouse_position(event)"></body>
ES6 based code:
let handleMousemove = (event) => {
console.log(`mouse position: ${event.x}:${event.y}`);
};
document.addEventListener('mousemove', handleMousemove);
If you need throttling for mousemoving, use this:
let handleMousemove = (event) => {
console.warn(`${event.x}:${event.y}\n`);
};
let throttle = (func, delay) => {
let prev = Date.now() - delay;
return (...args) => {
let current = Date.now();
if (current - prev >= delay) {
prev = current;
func.apply(null, args);
}
}
};
// let's handle mousemoving every 500ms only
document.addEventListener('mousemove', throttle(handleMousemove, 500));
here is example
Just a simplified version of #T.J. Crowder and #RegarBoy's answers.
Less is more in my opinion.
Check out onmousemove event for more info about the event.
There's a new value of posX and posY every time the mouse moves according to the horizontal and vertical coordinates.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example Mouse Tracker</title>
<style>
body {height: 3000px;}
.dot {width: 2px;height: 2px;background-color: black;position: absolute;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Mouse tracker</p>
<script>
onmousemove = function(e){
//Logging purposes
console.log("mouse location:", e.clientX, e.clientY);
//meat and potatoes of the snippet
var pos = e;
var dot;
dot = document.createElement('div');
dot.className = "dot";
dot.style.left = pos.x + "px";
dot.style.top = pos.y + "px";
document.body.appendChild(dot);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
if anyone still looking for answer then,
function track(e) {
console.log("X - ", e.pageX, " Y - ", e.pageY);
}
addEventListener("mousemove", track, false);
paste this code in console to see immediate action
If just want to track the mouse movement visually:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
* { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
html, body { width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; }
</style>
<body>
<canvas></canvas>
<script type="text/javascript">
var
canvas = document.querySelector('canvas'),
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'),
beginPath = false;
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
document.body.addEventListener('mousemove', function (event) {
var x = event.clientX, y = event.clientY;
if (beginPath) {
ctx.lineTo(x, y);
ctx.stroke();
} else {
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(x, y);
beginPath = true;
}
}, false);
</script>
</body>
</html>
document.addEventListener('mousemove', (event) => {
document.getElementById("line").style.top = event.clientY - 10 + 'px';
document.getElementById("lineY").style.left = event.clientX - 10 + 'px';
document.getElementById("pos").style.top = (event.clientY - 60) + 'px';
document.getElementById("pos").style.left = (event.clientX - 60) + 'px';
});
body {
position: relative;
height: auto;
min-height: 100% !important;
background-color: lightblue;
}
h1 {
color: white;
text-align: center;
}
p {
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 20px;
}
.abs {
position: relative;
}
.lineY {
display: flex;
position: relative;
left: 0px;
background-color: black;
width: 2px;
height: 100vh;
min-height: 100%
}
.line {
display: flex;
position: relative;
background-color: black;
min-height: 2px;
width: 100%;
}
.circle {
display: flex;
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
}
<div class='line' id="line"></div>
<div class='lineY' id="lineY"></div>
<svg height="100" width="100" id="pos" class="circle">
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" stroke="black" stroke-width="3" fill="transparent" />
</svg>
Irrespective of the browser, below lines worked for me to fetch correct mouse position.
event.clientX - event.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect().left
event.clientY - event.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect().top
I don't have enough reputation to post a comment reply, but took TJ Crowder's excellent answer and fully defined the code on a 100ms timer. (He left some details to the imagination.)
Thanks OP for the question, and TJ for the answer! You're both a great help. Code is embedded below as a mirror of isbin.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example</title>
<style>
body {
height: 3000px;
}
.dot {
width: 2px;
height: 2px;
background-color: black;
position: absolute;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script>
(function() {
"use strict";
var mousePos;
document.onmousemove = handleMouseMove;
setInterval(getMousePosition, 100); // setInterval repeats every X ms
function handleMouseMove(event) {
var eventDoc, doc, body;
event = event || window.event; // IE-ism
// If pageX/Y aren't available and clientX/Y are,
// calculate pageX/Y - logic taken from jQuery.
// (This is to support old IE)
if (event.pageX == null && event.clientX != null) {
eventDoc = (event.target && event.target.ownerDocument) || document;
doc = eventDoc.documentElement;
body = eventDoc.body;
event.pageX = event.clientX +
(doc && doc.scrollLeft || body && body.scrollLeft || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientLeft || body && body.clientLeft || 0);
event.pageY = event.clientY +
(doc && doc.scrollTop || body && body.scrollTop || 0) -
(doc && doc.clientTop || body && body.clientTop || 0 );
}
mousePos = {
x: event.pageX,
y: event.pageY
};
}
function getMousePosition() {
var pos = mousePos;
if (!pos) {
// We haven't seen any movement yet, so don't add a duplicate dot
}
else {
// Use pos.x and pos.y
// Add a dot to follow the cursor
var dot;
dot = document.createElement('div');
dot.className = "dot";
dot.style.left = pos.x + "px";
dot.style.top = pos.y + "px";
document.body.appendChild(dot);
}
}
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
Here is a solution
document.onmousemove = showCoords;
function showCoords(event) {
var x = event.clientX;
var y = event.clientY;
var coords = "X coords: " + x + ", Y coords: " + y;
document.getElementById("box1").innerHTML = coords;
}
[...document.querySelectorAll("*")].forEach(h => h.addEventListener("mousemove", function(event) {
console.table({
"mouse x": event.clientX,
"mouse y": event.clientY
});
}));
Here is the simplest way to track your mouse position
Html
<body id="mouse-position" ></body>
js
document.querySelector('#mouse-position').addEventListener('mousemove', (e) => {
console.log("mouse move X: ", e.clientX);
console.log("mouse move X: ", e.screenX);
}, );
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This is the shortest way to get the coordinates of mouse pointer.
Just put your element where cursor is going to hover, inside $("")
$("***enter you element here***").mousemove(function(event)
{
console.clear()
var x = event.originalEvent.screenX;
var y = event.originalEvent.screenY;
console.log("x : "+x)
console.log("y : "+y)
})
Here’s a combination of the two requirements: track the mouse position, every 100 milliseconds:
var period = 100,
tracking;
window.addEventListener("mousemove", function(e) {
if (!tracking) {
return;
}
console.log("mouse location:", e.clientX, e.clientY)
schedule();
});
schedule();
function schedule() {
tracking = false;
setTimeout(function() {
tracking = true;
}, period);
}
This tracks & acts on the mouse position, but only every period milliseconds.
We recently had to find the current x,y position to enumerate elements over which the cursor is hovering independent of z-index. We ended up just attaching a mousemove event listener to document e.g.,
function findElements(e) {
var els = document.elementsFromPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY);
// do cool stuff with els
console.log(els);
return;
}
document.addEventListener("mousemove", findElements);
I need a rocket to follow the movements of the mouse pointer on my website. This means it should rotate to face the direction of motion, and if possible, accelerate depending on the distance it has to cover.
Is this even possible ? jquery perhaps ?
by using jquery to register .mousemove to document to change the image .css left and top to event.pageX and event.pageY.
example as below
http://jsfiddle.net/BfLAh/1/
$(document).mousemove(function(e) {
$("#follow").css({
left: e.pageX,
top: e.pageY
});
});
#follow {
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="follow"><img src="https://placekitten.com/96/140" /><br>Kitteh</br>
</div>
updated to follow slowly
http://jsfiddle.net/BfLAh/3/
for the orientation , you need to get the current css left and css top and compare with event.pageX and event.pageY , then set the image orientation with
-webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
for the speed , you can set the jquery .animation duration to certain amount.
Ok, here's a simple box that follows the cursor
Doing the rest is a simple case of remembering the last cursor position and applying a formula to get the box to move other than exactly where the cursor is. A timeout would also be handy if the box has a limited acceleration and must catch up to the cursor after it stops moving. Replacing the box with an image is simple CSS (which can replace most of the setup code for the box). I think the actual thinking code in the example is about 8 lines.
Select the right image (use a sprite) to orientate the rocket.
Yeah, annoying as hell. :-)
function getMouseCoords(e) {
var e = e || window.event;
document.getElementById('container').innerHTML = e.clientX + ', ' +
e.clientY + '<br>' + e.screenX + ', ' + e.screenY;
}
var followCursor = (function() {
var s = document.createElement('div');
s.style.position = 'absolute';
s.style.margin = '0';
s.style.padding = '5px';
s.style.border = '1px solid red';
s.textContent = "🚀"
return {
init: function() {
document.body.appendChild(s);
},
run: function(e) {
var e = e || window.event;
s.style.left = (e.clientX - 5) + 'px';
s.style.top = (e.clientY - 5) + 'px';
getMouseCoords(e);
}
};
}());
window.onload = function() {
followCursor.init();
document.body.onmousemove = followCursor.run;
}
#container {
width: 1000px;
height: 1000px;
border: 1px solid blue;
}
<div id="container"></div>
Here's my code (not optimized but a full working example):
<head>
<style>
#divtoshow {position:absolute;display:none;color:white;background-color:black}
#onme {width:150px;height:80px;background-color:yellow;cursor:pointer}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var divName = 'divtoshow'; // div that is to follow the mouse (must be position:absolute)
var offX = 15; // X offset from mouse position
var offY = 15; // Y offset from mouse position
function mouseX(evt) {if (!evt) evt = window.event; if (evt.pageX) return evt.pageX; else if (evt.clientX)return evt.clientX + (document.documentElement.scrollLeft ? document.documentElement.scrollLeft : document.body.scrollLeft); else return 0;}
function mouseY(evt) {if (!evt) evt = window.event; if (evt.pageY) return evt.pageY; else if (evt.clientY)return evt.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop); else return 0;}
function follow(evt) {
var obj = document.getElementById(divName).style;
obj.left = (parseInt(mouseX(evt))+offX) + 'px';
obj.top = (parseInt(mouseY(evt))+offY) + 'px';
}
document.onmousemove = follow;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="divtoshow">test</div>
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<div id='onme' onMouseover='document.getElementById(divName).style.display="block"' onMouseout='document.getElementById(divName).style.display="none"'>Mouse over this</div>
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