clientX property

Gets the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the upper-left corner of the viewport (that is, the application's client area).

Syntax

HRESULT value = object.get_clientX(* p);

Property values

Type: long

The x-coordinate.

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification, Section 5.2.3

Remarks

Client coordinates do not reflect the scroll offset of the page. To get the mouse pointer's coordinates relative to the upper-left corner of the document, use the IDOMMouseEvent::pageX and IDOMMouseEvent::pageY properties.

See also

Reference

IDOMMouseEvent::offsetX

IDOMMouseEvent::pageX

IDOMMouseEvent::screenX

IDOMMouseEvent::x