Question

I am trying re-create the facebook tagging functionality, where you click on an image and the part of the image you click on displays an empty box (or a square).

Using jQuery, how do I make the box appear around my cursor on the click?

Thanks

Answer 1

Ugly code warning:

<script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $("#image-wrapper").click(function(e){
      var ele = $("<div>");
      ele.css({width:"50px", height:"50px", border:"1px solid green", position:"absolute", left: e.pageX - 25, top: e.pageY -25});
      $("body").append(ele);      
   }); 
  });
</script>

<div id="image-wrapper" style="border: 1px solid red; width: 300px; height: 200px;">
</div>