eventToView

Retrieves relative (view) coordinates that correspond to this mouse event. Layer elements positioned on these coordinates will appear under the mouse cursor.

View coordinates are no longer valid after a map reset.

Parameters

e Object|jQuery.Event

The DOM or jQuery mouse event.

Returns

kendo.geometry.Point The relative (view) coordinates that correspond to this mouse event.

Example - position elements over map on click

<style>
    .box {
        position: absolute;
        display: block;
        width: 10px;
        height: 10px;
        margin: -5px 0 0 -5px;
        background: red;
    }
</style>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
    $("#map").kendoMap({
        layers: [{
            type: "tile",
            urlTemplate: "http://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/#= zoom #/#= x #/#= y #.png",
            attribution: "&copy; OpenStreetMap"
        }]
    });

    var map = $("#map").data("kendoMap");
    $("#map").click(function(e) {
        var view = map.eventToView(e);
        $("<span class='box'></span>")
        .css({ top: view.y, left: view.x })
        .appendTo(map.scrollElement);
    });
</script>
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