/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman
John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
*/
componentFromPoint() Method
function whereInWorld(elem) {
var x = event.clientX
var y = event.clientY
var component = document.all.myTextarea.componentFromPoint(x,y)
if (window.event.srcElement == document.all.myTextarea) {
if (component == "") {
status = "mouseDown event occurred inside the element"
} else {
status = "mouseDown occurred on the element\'s " + component
}
} else {
status = "mouseDown occurred " + component + " of the element"
}
}
componentFromPoint() Method
Tracking the mouseDown event relative to the textarea object. View results in status bar.