Getting Image coordinates when mouse is clicked on the image andstoring it in a variable

Hello,
Is there any way to get the coordinates value, when an image is clicked.
Say I have created an image link using "mapedit".Instead of linking to
any URL, I want to link to a php file, which returns a value. This value
should be stored in a file against the corresponding coordinate of the
image.
I.e when a mouse is clicked on a image, its coordinates value should
be stored in a variable and the corresponding function should be called
which returns a variable. Both these values should be stored in a
file.

Regards
Arun

















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Re: Getting Image coordinates when mouse is clicked on the

on 5/3/02 7:26 AM, arun@library.iisc.ernet.in purportedly said:

> Hello,
> Is there any way to get the coordinates value, when an image is clicked.
> Say I have created an image link using "mapedit".Instead of linking to
> any URL, I want to link to a php file, which returns a value. This value
> should be stored in a file against the corresponding coordinate of the
> image.
> I.e when a mouse is clicked on a image, its coordinates value should
> be stored in a variable and the corresponding function should be called
> which returns a variable. Both these values should be stored in a
> file.
>
> Regards
> Arun

If I understand you correctly, you simply want your script to know the exact
coordinates of the click. You could use JavaScript, I am pretty sure, or a
less elegant solution is use an INPUT field type IMAGE. If this type of form
field s give a name, the clicked coordinates are sent as fields "NAME.x" and
"NAME.y" (where NAME is the name of the field).

Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"


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Re: Getting Image coordinates when mouse is clicked on the

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Keary Suska wrote:

> on 5/3/02 7:26 AM, arun@library.iisc.ernet.in purportedly said:
>
> > Hello,
> > Is there any way to get the coordinates value, when an image is clicked.
> > Say I have created an image link using "mapedit".Instead of linking to
> > any URL, I want to link to a php file, which returns a value. This value
> > should be stored in a file against the corresponding coordinate of the
> > image.
> > I.e when a mouse is clicked on a image, its coordinates value should
> > be stored in a variable and the corresponding function should be called
> > which returns a variable. Both these values should be stored in a
> > file.
> >
> > Regards
> > Arun
>
> If I understand you correctly, you simply want your script to know the exact
> coordinates of the click. You could use JavaScript, I am pretty sure, or a
> less elegant solution is use an INPUT field type IMAGE. If this type of form
> field s give a name, the clicked coordinates are sent as fields "NAME.x" and
> "NAME.y" (where NAME is the name of the field).

there's a much easier way, just make a form like this: