Using jQuery how to get click coordinates on the target element

In percentage :

$('.your-class').click(function (e){
    var $this = $(this); // or use $(e.target) in some cases;
    var offset = $this.offset();
    var width = $this.width();
    var height = $this.height();
    var posX = offset.left;
    var posY = offset.top;
    var x = e.pageX-posX;
        x = parseInt(x/width*100,10);
        x = x<0?0:x;
        x = x>100?100:x;
    var y = e.pageY-posY;
        y = parseInt(y/height*100,10);
        y = y<0?0:y;
        y = y>100?100:y;
    console.log(x+'% '+y+'%');
});

$('#something').click(function (e){
    var elm = $(this);
    var xPos = e.pageX - elm.offset().left;
    var yPos = e.pageY - elm.offset().top;

    console.log(xPos, yPos);
});

Try this:

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
   $("#special").click(function(e){
      $('#status2').html(e.pageX +', '+ e.pageY);
   }); 
})

Here you can find more info with DEMO


Are you trying to get the position of mouse pointer relative to element ( or ) simply the mouse pointer location

Try this Demo : http://jsfiddle.net/AMsK9/


Edit :

1) event.pageX, event.pageY gives you the mouse position relative document !

Ref : http://api.jquery.com/event.pageX/
http://api.jquery.com/event.pageY/

2) offset() : It gives the offset position of an element

Ref : http://api.jquery.com/offset/

3) position() : It gives you the relative Position of an element i.e.,

consider an element is embedded inside another element

example :

<div id="imParent">
   <div id="imchild" />
</div>

Ref : http://api.jquery.com/position/

HTML

<body>
   <div id="A" style="left:100px;"> Default    <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
   <div id="B" style="left:300px;"> offset()   <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
   <div id="C" style="left:500px;"> position() <br /> mouse<br/>position </div>
</body>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function (e) {

    $('#A').click(function (e) { //Default mouse Position 
        alert(e.pageX + ' , ' + e.pageY);
    });

    $('#B').click(function (e) { //Offset mouse Position
        var posX = $(this).offset().left,
            posY = $(this).offset().top;
        alert((e.pageX - posX) + ' , ' + (e.pageY - posY));
    });

    $('#C').click(function (e) { //Relative ( to its parent) mouse position 
        var posX = $(this).position().left,
            posY = $(this).position().top;
        alert((e.pageX - posX) + ' , ' + (e.pageY - posY));
    });
});