Thank you very much. That is helpful--I think using the event.pageXY and the Dimensions plugin I should be able to write something that does what I'm looking for.
Thanks again. Jamie On Oct 1, 4:29 pm, "John Resig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only set of X/Y properties that jQuery supports is pageX/pageY, > which, I think, will help you out. More > information:http://docs.jquery.com/Events_%28Guide%29#event.pageX.2FY > > --John > > On 10/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I want to access the event properties layerX and layerY. I found that > > these only work the way I would have expected in Firefox. In IE I need > > to use the offsetXY properties to get what I want, but then in Opera > > and Safari these properties are giving me the XYoffset values of the > > elements within the div I applied the event handler too (I have a > > container div to which I bound the handler, but I'm getting XY in > > relation to smaller internal elements). > > > Is there a way to use jQuery to avoid all these cross-browser issues? > > > If not, any other tips? : ) > > > Thanks. > > > Jamie