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Asked: 2026-05-15T20:09:45+00:00

I have the following event handler for my html element jQuery(#seek-bar).click(function(e){ var x =

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I have the following event handler for my html element

jQuery("#seek-bar").click(function(e){
    var x = e.pageX - e.target.offsetLeft;
    alert(x);    
});

I need to find the position of the mouse on the #seek-bar at the time of clicking. I would have thought the above code should work, but it gives incorrect result

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  1. Editorial Team

    Are you trying to get the position of mouse pointer relative to element ( or ) simply the mouse pointer location

    Try this Demo : http://jsfiddle.net/AMsK9/

    Edit :

    1) event.pageX, event.pageY gives you the mouse position relative document !

    Ref : http://api.jquery.com/event.pageX/
    http://api.jquery.com/event.pageY/

    2) offset() : It gives the offset position of an element

    Ref : http://api.jquery.com/offset/

    3) position() : It gives you the relative Position of an element i.e.,

    consider an element is embedded inside another element

    example : 

    <div id="imParent">
   <div id="imchild" />
</div>

    Ref : http://api.jquery.com/position/

    HTML

    <body>
   <div id="A" style="left:100px;"> Default    <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
   <div id="B" style="left:300px;"> offset()   <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
   <div id="C" style="left:500px;"> position() <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
</body>

    JavaScript

    $(document).ready(function (e) {

    $('#A').click(function (e) { //Default mouse Position 
        alert(e.pageX + ' , ' + e.pageY);
    });

    $('#B').click(function (e) { //Offset mouse Position
        var posX = $(this).offset().left,
            posY = $(this).offset().top;
        alert((e.pageX - posX) + ' , ' + (e.pageY - posY));
    });

    $('#C').click(function (e) { //Relative ( to its parent) mouse position 
        var posX = $(this).position().left,
            posY = $(this).position().top;
        alert((e.pageX - posX) + ' , ' + (e.pageY - posY));
    });
});
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