JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.0.min.js"></script>
<div class="im-the-dialog">
<div class="60% width">some content</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
<a class="clicked">click</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="the context menu">some links</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$("a").on("click", function(eve){
var t = $(this).offset();
$("#contextmenu").show().css({
left: eve.pageX,
top: eve.pageY
});
var left = eve.pageX- t.left;
var right = eve.pageY- t.top;
alert(left + " " +right );
});