Javascript - Track mouse position

Question

I am hoping to track the position of the mouse cursor, periodically every t mseconds. So essentially, when a page loads - this tracker should start and for (say) every 100 m

Answer 1

ES6 based code:

let handleMousemove = (event) => {
  console.log(`mouse position: ${event.x}:${event.y}`);
};

document.addEventListener('mousemove', handleMousemove);

If you need throttling for mousemoving, use this:

let handleMousemove = (event) => {
  console.warn(`${event.x}:${event.y}\n`);
};

let throttle = (func, delay) => {
  let prev = Date.now() - delay;
  return (...args) => {
    let current = Date.now();
    if (current - prev >= delay) {
      prev = current;
      func.apply(null, args);
    }
  }
};

// let's handle mousemoving every 500ms only
document.addEventListener('mousemove', throttle(handleMousemove, 500));

here is example