Merge pull request #171 from keen/dlacheta-position-pointer

auto-tracking tracking position pointer
keen · Apr 3, 2019 · 5ac39e4 · 5ac39e4
2 parents c921f06 + 95e9535
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diff --git a/docs/auto-tracking.md b/docs/auto-tracking.md
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ client.initAutoTracking({
   recordScrollState: true, // see how far people scrolled
 
   recordClicks: true, // record clicks on A links
-
+  recordClicksPositionPointer: false, // record pointer position for clicks
+
   // FORMS
   recordFormSubmits: true,
   ignoreDisabledFormFields: false,

diff --git a/lib/browser-auto-tracking.js b/lib/browser-auto-tracking.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export function initAutoTrackingCore(lib) {
       ignoreDisabledFormFields: false,
       ignoreFormFieldTypes: ['password'],
       recordClicks: true,
+      recordClicksPositionPointer: false,
       recordFormSubmits: true,
       recordPageViews: true,
       recordPageViewsOnExit: false,
@@ -196,11 +197,20 @@ export function initAutoTrackingCore(lib) {
     if (options.recordClicks === true) {
       utils.listener('a, a *').on('click', function(e) {
         const el = e.target;
-        const event = {
+        let event = {
           element: helpers.getDomNodeProfile(el),
-          local_time_full: new Date().toISOString()
+          local_time_full: new Date().toISOString(),
         };
 
+        // pointer position tracking
+        if(options.recordClicksPositionPointer === true) {
+          const pointer = {
+            x_position: e.pageX,
+            y_position: e.pageY,
+          }
+          event = {...event, pointer};
+        }
+
         if (options.catchError) {
           return client
             .recordEvent({