Re: Getting Image coordinates when mouse is clicked on the

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Keary Suska wrote:

> on 5/3/02 7:26 AM, arun(at)library(dot)iisc(dot)ernet(dot)in purportedly said:
>
> > Hello,
> > Is there any way to get the coordinates value, when an image is clicked.
> > Say I have created an image link using "mapedit".Instead of linking to
> > any URL, I want to link to a php file, which returns a value. This value
> > should be stored in a file against the corresponding coordinate of the
> > image.
> > I.e when a mouse is clicked on a image, its coordinates value should
> > be stored in a variable and the corresponding function should be called
> > which returns a variable. Both these values should be stored in a
> > file.
> >
> > Regards
> > Arun
>
> If I understand you correctly, you simply want your script to know the exact
> coordinates of the click. You could use JavaScript, I am pretty sure, or a
> less elegant solution is use an INPUT field type IMAGE. If this type of form
> field s give a name, the clicked coordinates are sent as fields "NAME.x" and
> "NAME.y" (where NAME is the name of the field).

there's a much easier way, just make a form like this:

<form name="test">
<input type="image" name="anna" src="anicole.gif">
</form>

and when the user clicks on the image, you'll get two vars called:

anna.x and anna.y

You know what they'll contain... :-)