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MouseEvent.screenY

The screenY read-only property of the MouseEvent interface provides the vertical coordinate (offset) of the mouse pointer in global (screen) coordinates.

Syntax

var pixelNumber = instanceOfMouseEvent.screenY

Return value

A double floating point value. Early versions of the spec defined this as an interger referring to the number of pixels. See the Browser compatibility section for details.

Example

<html>
<head>
<title>screenX\screenY example</title>

<script type="text/javascript">

function showCoords(evt){
  alert(
    "screenX value: " + evt.screenX + "\n"
    + "screenY value: " + evt.screenY + "\n"
  );
}

</script>
</head>

<body onmousedown="showCoords(event)">
<p>To display the mouse coordinates click anywhere on the page.</p>
</body>
</html>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Object Model (CSSOM) View Module The definition of 'screenY' in that specification.	Working Draft	Redefines `MouseEvent` from long to double.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification The definition of 'MouseEvent.screenY' in that specification.	Working Draft	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification The definition of 'MouseEvent.sceenY' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature	Edge	Firefox (Gecko)	Chrome	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)	6	(Yes)	(Yes)