On Fri, 3 May 2002, Keary Suska wrote: > on 5/3/02 7:26 AM, arun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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: <form name="test"> <input type="image" name="anna" src="anicole.gif"> </form> and when the user clicks on the image, you'll get two vars called: anna.x and anna.y You know what they'll contain... :-)
