Need way to continuously monitor mouse position 1

[UCENwebster]

I have a script that needs to know the coordinates of the mouse every half second, like this:

setInterval( 'CheckMouseXY()', 500);

But I only know how to check the mouse coordinates using an event object:

event.screenX or event.screenY

What I need is a way to check the mouse without using a preexisting event. It needs to be IE4 and NN6 compatible, too. Any suggestions?

 

[jemminger]

hi UCENwebster,

here's an example:
[tt]
<script name=&quot;javascript&quot;>
window.document.onmousemove = function(e){window.status = (e)?e.pageX:event.x;};
</script>
[/tt]

this example simply reports the mouse X coordinate in the status bar anytime the mouse is moved. is this similar to what you want?
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if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[UCENwebster]

thanks man, works perfect