Call javascript mouse event with event object

Question

So I want to be able to trigger my mousemove function in jquery using $().mousemove(), but I want to also be able to pass the current mouse state as a parameter, so my mousemove function knows the mouse x and y coordinates.

I understand that a possible workaround is just to save the x and y coordinates and create a function that directly uses these coordinates, but I wanted to know if there was a way to just get the current mouse event.

Example:

$(document).mousemove(function(e) {
    var x = e.pageX;
    var y = e.pageY;
    // do stuff with x and y
});

function trigger_mousemove() {
    $(document).mousemove(/** here is where I want something to be able to put in */);
}

Thanks in advance!

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:59:09Z

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Use a closure to give your whole code access to a variable that is updated by a mousemove handler:

var mouseX, mouseY;
$(document).mousemove(function(e) {
    mouseX = e.pageX;
    mouseY = e.pageY;
}).mouseover(); // call the handler immediately

// do something with mouseX and mouseY

cytation from user lonesomeday if you like the answer give him credit in link below. See How to get mouse position in jQuery without mouse-events? for reference

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:59

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Ofek Gila Over a year ago

Thanks. I was hoping there would be way to actually get the object, but I guess there isn't. Thanks a bunch

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