Help on getting mouse position with javascript

[Panos]

Hi all,
I am trying to find out a way to get the line in wich the mouse is when browsing a web page. All I could find is the position of the mouse in pixels but that's not what I need.
For example while a user is reading a paragraph I need a script to get which character of the text the reader has selected. I mean in which line of the actual htm file is this character.
Sorry if i'm not very clear.....

Thanks!!!

[Panos]

Help on getting mouse position with javascript

Hello everyone,
I need to find a way to get the line where the mouse is pointing on the browser and then find that position (line number ) in the html file. I believe this is posible with javascript but I can't find out a way to accomplish it.

Thanks!!

[gits]

hi ...

Threads merged ... please don't double post ... read the posting guidelines ...

kind regards

[dmjpro]

Hello everyone,
I need to find a way to get the line where the mouse is pointing on the browser and then find that position (line number ) in the html file. I believe this is posible with javascript but I can't find out a way to accomplish it.

Thanks!!

Nah!
It is not possible with JavaScript.
Anyway! why are you looking for that :-)

Kind regards,
Dmjpro.

[gits]

hi ...

it seems to me that you want to retrieve the selected characters on a page?

kind regards

[dmjpro]

If Gits is right then try with document.create TextRange or document.select ion

Kind regards,
Dmjpro.

[Panos]

Thank you all for your tips but i'm not that experienced to use document.create TextRange, i'll try it out though. Here is why i need this kind of script:
I want the user to be able to insert his personal comments on an e-book (or something like it).i would prefare to avoid using add ons cause i 'll probably mess it up (not experienced).
So i'm using the WebBrowser component of visual studio 2005, which displays html with javascript properly, and can also add some extra hsndling like next page and so on(it is a desktop application).
What i need is, when a user (for example) right clicks on the text displayed on the browser there would be a pop-up form with a field where he could add some comments. And when a user wants to view his comments they should be placed at the position where he right clicked...Just like if it was a real book...
What i have found is only about how to get the mouse position in pixels.I could use this but it is quite patchwork...
Any ideas??Perhaps with c#??

Thanks allot!!!