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🖱️ Mouse Up & Down for Left, Middle, Right, & other clicks
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| <script> | |
| const showCoord = (eventName, pos, e) => { | |
| o.innerHTML = `${eventName} "${pos}" at x: ${e.x}, y: ${e.y}`; | |
| e.preventDefault() | |
| }; | |
| const onMouseEvent = eventName => e => [ | |
| e => showCoord(eventName, "Left", e), | |
| e => showCoord(eventName, "Middle", e), | |
| e => showCoord(eventName, "Right", e), | |
| e => showCoord(eventName, "Back", e), | |
| e => showCoord(eventName, "Forward", e), | |
| ][e.button](e); | |
| addEventListener('mousedown', onMouseEvent("Down")); | |
| addEventListener('mouseup', onMouseEvent("Up")); | |
| addEventListener('mousemove', onMouseEvent("Move")); | |
| addEventListener('mouseenter', onMouseEvent("Enter")); | |
| addEventListener('mouseout', onMouseEvent("Out")); | |
| addEventListener('dblclick', onMouseEvent("Double Click")); //only works with Left click | |
| //prevent context menu from appearing | |
| addEventListener('contextmenu', e => e?.cancelable && e.preventDefault()); | |
| </script> | |
| Move or click with Left, Middle, or Right mouse buttons on the screen to see which event was triggered and the x/y coordinate it happened at. | |
| <p id=o></p> |
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