Cursor position in SPAN element

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In a HMTL Span element I have a mouseover event which calls a
javascript function. How in this function can I get the cursor position?

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Re: Cursor position in SPAN element

<robin9876@hotm ail.com> asks[color=blue]
> In a HMTL Span element I have a mouseover event which calls a
> javascript function. How in this function can I get the cursor position?
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There are no cursors in normal span elements, only in those with designMode
and ContentEditable magic. You can still get the actual width of the
characters though, for exampel by creating sub-spans and measuring their
size or using text selection ranges. Then compare that to the mouse location
and you will find the currently hovered letter. The return question
therefore is which browsers you target as there are some standardization and
performance issues here.

hth
ivo

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Re: Cursor position in SPAN element

How do I get the current mouse location?
I am try target IE and Firefox.