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document.onclick= function(event) {
if (event===undefined) event= window.event; // IE hack
var target= 'target' in event? event.target : event.srcElement; // another IE hack
var root= document.compatMode==='CSS1Compat'? document.documentElement : document.body;
var mxy= [event.clientX+root.scrollLeft, event.clientY+root.scrollTop];
var path= getPathTo(target);
var txy= getPageXY(target);
var message = 'You clicked the element '+path+' at offset '+(mxy[0]-txy[0])+', '+(mxy[1]-txy[1]);
document.getElementById("message").innerText = message;
}
function getPathTo(element) {
if (element.id!=='')
return "//*[@id='"+element.id+"']";
if (element===document.body)
return element.tagName.toLowerCase();
var ix= 0;
var siblings= element.parentNode.childNodes;
for (var i= 0; i<siblings.length; i++) {
var sibling= siblings[i];
if (sibling===element) return getPathTo(element.parentNode) + '/' + element.tagName.toLowerCase() + '[' + (ix + 1) + ']';
if (sibling.nodeType===1 && sibling.tagName === element.tagName) {
ix++;
}
}
}
function getPageXY(element) {
var x= 0, y= 0;
while (element) {
x+= element.offsetLeft;
y+= element.offsetTop;
element= element.offsetParent;
}
return [x, y];
}
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