JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="status">0,0</div>
<div id="lr"></div>
JavaScript
var xPrev = 0;
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
$(document).mousemove(function(e){
xPrev<e.pageX ? $('#lr').html("right") : $('#lr').html("left");
xPrev=e.pageX;
$('#status').html(e.pageX +', '+ e.pageY);
});
})