screenY Event Attribute

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# screenY Event Attribute

Event Object

## Definition and Usage

The screenY event attribute returns the vertical coordinate (according to the users computer screen) of the mouse pointer when an event was triggered.

## Syntax

event.screenY

## Example

The following example alerts the coordinates of the mouse pointer when the mouse button was clicked:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function show_coords(event)
{
var x=event.screenX
var y=event.screenY
alert("X coords: " + x + ", Y coords: " + y)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p onmousedown="show_coords(event)">Click this paragraph, and an alert box will alert the x and y coordinates of the cursor.</p>
</body>
</html>
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