Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the client area of the window, excluding window decorations and scroll bars.
Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer's position relative to the client area of the window, excluding window decorations and scroll bars.
Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate, in pixels, of the mouse pointer's position relative to a relatively positioned parent element.
Example
This example shows how to fire the onlosecapture event. When the user clicks the mouse, the releaseCapture method is invoked and subsequently fires the onlosecapture event.
<BODY onload="divOwnCapture.setCapture()"
onclick="divOwnCapture.releaseCapture();">
<DIV ID=divOwnCapture
onmousemove="txtWriteLocation.value=event.clientX
+ event.clientY";
onlosecapture="alert(event.srcElement.id
+ ' lost mouse capture.')">
<P>Mouse capture has been set to this gray division (DIV) at
load time using the setCapture method. The text area will track
the mousemove event anywhere in the document.<BR><BR>
<TEXTAREA ID=txtWriteLocation COLS=2></TEXTAREA>
</DIV>
<HR>
<DIV ID=divNoCapture>
<P>Click anywhere on the document to invoke the releaseCapture
method, whereby the onlosecapture event will fire.</P>
</DIV>
</BODY>
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Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this event.
