Crosshair & Detect Mouse/Touch Position via Move
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:44 am
See it in action here: http://codepen.io/mikethedj4/pen/fnizu
Preview: How this is done is pretty simple.
- HTML marks everything up
- CSS is used to make this look 'stunningly beautiful
'
- Javascript/JQuery to detect mouse position via on mousemove/touchmove & we use e.stopPropagation() to disable page scroll on mobile devices.
Enjoy!
Full Code: (You can also experiment with it on Codepen)
Preview: How this is done is pretty simple.
- HTML marks everything up
- CSS is used to make this look 'stunningly beautiful
'- Javascript/JQuery to detect mouse position via on mousemove/touchmove & we use e.stopPropagation() to disable page scroll on mobile devices.
Enjoy!
Full Code: (You can also experiment with it on Codepen)
Code: Select all
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Crosshair Demo</title>
<meta charset='utf-8'>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js'></script>
<style type='text/css'>
html, body {
position:absolute;
top:0; left:0; right:0; bottom:0;
background: #7abcff;
}
a {
font: 50px arial;
outline:none;
color:green;
text-shadow:0px 0px 8px silver;
transition:all 100ms ease-in-out;
-webkit-transition:all 100ms ease-in-out;
-moz-transition:all 100ms ease-in-out;
-o-transition:all 100ms ease-in-out;
-ms-transition:all 100ms ease-in-out;
}
a:hover {
color:#567;
}
#crosshair-h {
width: 100%;
}
#crosshair-v {
height: 100%;
}
.hair {
position: fixed;
top:0; left:0;
margin-top: -3px;
margin-left: -2px;
background: transparent;
border-top: 1px dotted #000;
border-left: 1px dotted #000;
pointer-events: none;
z-index: 13;
}
#mousepos {
position: absolute;
top:0; left:0;
padding: 10px;
margin: 10px;
font: 14px arial;
color: #fff;
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
border-radius: 24px;
z-index: 1;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
// Setup our variables
var cH = $('#crosshair-h'),
cV = $('#crosshair-v');
$(this).mousemove(function(e) {
var x = e.pageX - 1;
var y = e.pageY - 1;
cH.css('top', e.pageY);
cV.css('left', e.pageX);
$('#mousepos').css({
top: e.pageY + 'px',
left: e.pageX + 'px'
}, 800);
$('#mousepos').text( "X: " + x + "px, Y: " + y + "px");
e.stopPropagation();
});
// Anchor Hover Effects
$("a").hover(function() {
$(".hair").stop().css({borderColor: "#fff"}, 800)},
function() {
$(".hair").stop().css({borderColor: "black"},800)
});
e.stopPropagation();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="crosshair-h" class="hair"></div>
<div id="crosshair-v" class="hair"></div>
<span id="mousepos">X: 0px, Y: 0px</span>
<center>
<a href="javascript:void(0)">Sample</a>
</center>
</body>
</html>