Find coordinates of an HTML5 Canvas (click) event, with borders

Here's what I've been using for my latest experimentation.

http://jsfiddle.net/simonsarris/te8GQ/5/

var stylePaddingLeft = parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(can, undefined)['paddingLeft'], 10) || 0;
var stylePaddingTop = parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(can, undefined)['paddingTop'], 10) || 0;
var styleBorderLeft = parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(can, undefined)['borderLeftWidth'], 10) || 0;
var styleBorderTop = parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(can, undefined)['borderTopWidth'], 10) || 0;
var html = document.body.parentNode;
var htmlTop = html.offsetTop;
var htmlLeft = html.offsetLeft;

function getMouse(e) {
    var element = can,
        offsetX = 0,
        offsetY = 0,
        mx, my;

    // Compute the total offset
    if (element.offsetParent !== undefined) {
        do {
            offsetX += element.offsetLeft;
            offsetY += element.offsetTop;
        } while ((element = element.offsetParent));
    }

    // Add padding and border style widths to offset
    // Also add the <html> offsets in case there's a position:fixed bar
    offsetX += stylePaddingLeft + styleBorderLeft + htmlLeft;
    offsetY += stylePaddingTop + styleBorderTop + htmlTop;

    mx = e.pageX - offsetX;
    my = e.pageY - offsetY;

    // We return a simple javascript object (a hash) with x and y defined
    return {
        x: mx,
        y: my
    };
}

It works with any border and padding and also works on pages that shim in an object that offsets the HTML (like the stumbleupon bar). It also works if the browser is zoomed.

It seems to work fine on touch devices too.

Tags:

Javascript

Html

Css

Dom Events

Canvas

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