I have a function to follow the object after the mouse, and I want to be able to stop and start following at will, without hiding the object.
It almost works as I wanted, and is following the mouse indeed, but I cannot make it move initial position without actually moving the mouse.
EG When I trigger the function, the object is still somewhere in another place, until I move the mouse, but what I'm trying to do is to move it the initial position first, before attaching the mousemove
event.
Here is how I want to trigger the function:
showtrail();
function showtrail(shit){
//this is how I tried to set the initial position first, but this get me an error:..
//followmouse();
document.onmousemove=followmouse; //and this is how I attach the event.
}
This is a part of the actual function to move the object, but, I can't get the coordinates if I try to initilize/imitate the first movement.
function followmouse(e){
var xcoord=offsetfrommouse[0]
var ycoord=offsetfrommouse[1]
if (typeof e != "undefined"){ //This- if triggered by mousemove, and it works
xcoord+=e.pageX
ycoord+=e.pageY
}
else { //this was meant for the initial call, but... for some reason
xcoord+=document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX // it triggers an error,
ycoord+=document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY // saying event.clientX undefined.
}
}
So the event.clientX
never seems to work, and I cannot figure out how to get the actual mouse position otherwise..
Please guide..
event.clientX and event.clientY are wrong. They should be e.clientX and e.clientY
A more elegant cross browser way to get xcoord and ycoord in followmouse(e) is:
xcoord = e.pageX||(e.clientX+(document.body.scrollLeft||document.documentElement.scrollLeft));
ycoord = e.pageY||(e.clientY+(document.body.scrollTop||document.documentElement.scrollTop));
Now if I'm getting it right, the object that follows is expected to have an initial absolute position and displayed as a block, meaning that you have initial x and y (left and top). Therefore by using a global bool var for currently following or not you're done.
<style>
...
#trail {position:absolute;left:0;top:0;display:none}
...
</style>
<script>
var following = false;
...
function followmouse(e){
if (!following){
document.getElementById('trail').style.display='none';
return;
}
...
document.getElementById('trail').style.display='block';
}
</script>
By changing display you have the option to move your #trail to its initial position and then follow the mouse, and the option to avoid the move and let it follow the mouse from its latest following position.
EDIT 1:
For this very purpose, I recommend using of requestAnimationFrame
API, not classic DOM events. said API is more efficient for creating animations and pausing them.
take a look at this too: requestAnimationFrame for smart animating
This is sad, but true that you can not get mouse's initial position before moving mouse on a webpage. I mean you can't calibrate your object before mousemove
event. this is what I will do in a similar project:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var targetID = 'mydiv'; // div that is to follow the mouse
var pauseFollowing = false;
// (must be position:absolute)
var offX = 15; // X offset from mouse position
var offY = 15; // Y offset from mouse position
function mouseX(evt) {if (!evt) evt = window.event; if (evt.pageX) return evt.pageX; else if (evt.clientX)return evt.clientX + (document.documentElement.scrollLeft ? document.documentElement.scrollLeft : document.body.scrollLeft); else return 0;}
function mouseY(evt) {if (!evt) evt = window.event; if (evt.pageY) return evt.pageY; else if (evt.clientY)return evt.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop); else return 0;}
function follow(evt) {
if(pauseFollowing) {
//or do something else at pause
return false;
}
var obj = document.getElementById(targetID).style;
obj.visibility = 'visible';
obj.left = (parseInt(mouseX(evt))+offX) + 'px';
obj.top = (parseInt(mouseY(evt))+offY) + 'px';
}
function toggleFollow() {
pauseFollowing = !pauseFollowing;
}
window.onload = function() {
window.onclick = toggleFollow;
document.onmousemove = follow;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="mydiv" style="visibility: hidden; top:0; left:0 ;width: 100px; height: 100px; background: #ff0; position: absolute;"></div>
</body>
</html>
Alright that's how I done it. The best Idea was to always capture a move to set position in a global var. Now I have an option to display it fixed at any specific place (if I pass coords to showtrail) or to actually follow the mouse; I also added an event listener, so if the mouse gets outside the window while following- it will be hidden. So far it works exactly as I wanted:
var trailimage=["scripts/loading_mouse.gif", 24, 24] //image path, plus width and height
var offsetfrommouse=[2,10] //image x,y offsets from cursor position in pixels. Enter 0,0 for no offset
var global_coord=[0,0]
var follow=false;
if (document.getElementById || document.all)
document.write('<div id="trailimageid" style="z-index: 10;position:absolute;display:none;left:0px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px"><img src="'+trailimage[0]+'" border="0" width="'+trailimage[1]+'px" height="'+trailimage[2]+'px"></div>')
function gettrailobj(){
if (document.getElementById)
return document.getElementById("trailimageid").style
else if (document.all)
return document.all.trailimagid.style
}
function hidett(){ gettrailobj().display="none"; }
function showtt(){ gettrailobj().display="block"; }
function truebody(){ return (document.body||document.documentElement); }
function showtrail(shit){
if (typeof shit == "undefined"){ //Follow Mouse
follow=true;
setmousepos(global_coord[0],global_coord[1]);
}
else { //Set fixed in specific place
follow=false;
showtt()
gettrailobj().left=shit.left+6+"px"
gettrailobj().top=shit.top-5+"px"
}
}
function hidetrail(){
hidett()
follow=false;
}
function setcoord(e){
var xcoord=offsetfrommouse[0]
var ycoord=offsetfrommouse[1]
var xxcoord = e.pageX||(e.clientX+truebody().scrollLeft);
var yycoord = e.pageY||(e.clientY+truebody().scrollTop);
if (typeof xxcoord != "undefined"&&typeof yycoord != "undefined"){
xcoord+=xxcoord;
ycoord+=yycoord;
global_coord=[xcoord,ycoord];
if (follow) setmousepos(xcoord,ycoord);
}}
function setmousepos(xcoord,ycoord){
var docwidth=truebody().scrollLeft+truebody().clientWidth
var docheight=Math.max(truebody().scrollHeight, truebody().clientHeight)
if ((xcoord+trailimage[1]+3>docwidth || ycoord+trailimage[2]> docheight ||!follow)){
hidett()
}
else{
showtt();
gettrailobj().left=xcoord+"px"
gettrailobj().top=ycoord+"px"
}
}
window.addEventListener("mouseout",
function(e){
mouseX = e.pageX;
mouseY = e.pageY;
if ((mouseY >= 0 && mouseY <= window.innerHeight)
&& (mouseX >= 0 && mouseX <= window.innerWidth)){
return false;
}else{
if (follow) hidett()
}
},
false);
document.onmousemove=setcoord;
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