Is there a way to trigger mousemove and get event.pageX, event.pageY?

Question

So, like the question specifies, is there a way to trigger a mousemove event in jQuery which also sends the mouse coordinates to the event Object?

So far my code can

Answer 1

I don't believe it possible to get the mouse coordinates on demand via JavaScript / jQuery; however if you bind the position to a global var you can then access them at anytime throughout the document like this:

$(document).ready(function(){
   $().mousemove(function(e){
      window.xPos = e.pageX;
      window.yPos = e.pageY;
   }); 
});

for a less CPU intensive option, you can add a timeout, although you trade performance for a slight delay in knowing where the mouse is:

function getMousePosition(timeoutMilliSeconds) {
    $(document).one("mousemove", function (event) {
        window.xPos = event.pageX;
        window.yPos = event.pageY;
        setTimeout("getMousePosition(" + timeoutMilliSeconds + ")", timeoutMilliSeconds);
    });
}
getMousePosition(100);

You should now be able to access the window.xPos and window.yPos from anywhere in the document using either solution without needing to trigger a faux event.