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[optikalefx]

so i have this box that im dragging around the screen.  I wanna be able to show me the x and y position as i drag.  But the only way i can tell me the numbers is to alert them, but that stops the dragging.  is there a dynamic way to do this?  Like in flash you would update a textbox as you drag with the x and y numbers, is there anything like that in javascript?

[emehrkay]

get firefox, and get firebug plugin.

 

console.log('whatever');

 

will write to the firebug console.

[fenway]

Or, don't get firefox, have an ondrag event handler write to a large TEXTAREA form input on the screen, and write out clientTop and clientLeft.  Easy as 3.141459.