¿Puede obtener ClientX && ClientY en referencia a un selector en lugar de la ventana?

when i call a function, i get: window.event.clientX and window.event.clientY from a global function, paste.

Im trying to paste at the coordinates, but they are off by some info i am working to resolve.

i was just going to take:

window_data:  {top,left}

and substract:

stage_div_offset:  {top,left}

to get the actual offset but that seems to also be off by a bit. Around 40 pixels in both X and Y directions. I assumed this is due to maybe margin or padding or something like that.

What i was really curious of is, Is there a way to get the X e Y of the mouse in reference to a div or other htmlElement?

I wasnt sure if there was a function which i could pass in a selector, or if using something like jquery, there would actually be a function or something for the selector called: mouse.

I do feel this following Topic is relevant, though not sure if it makes mine a dup:
jQuery obtiene la posición del mouse dentro de un elemento

Edit: Originally i was doing the following code:

var stage = $("#stage").offset(),
    results = { 
        left: window.event.clientX - stage.left, 
        top: window.event.clientY - stage.top 
    };

Editar 2: none of the current answers seem to be working, partially because my browser is not recognizing the mouseEvent, so it cant get the screens location.

I wrote the following to try to get the mouselocation

var MouseLocation = {};
MouseLocation.Left = 0;
MouseLocation.Top = 0;
MouseLocation._event;
MouseLocation.get_position = function () { return { left: MouseLocation.Left, top: MouseLocation.Top }; }
MouseLocation.attach = function () {
    MouseLocation._event = function (e) {
        var loc = { left: e.clientX, top: e.clientY }
        MouseLocation.Left = loc.left;
        MouseLocation.Top = loc.top;
    };
    $("#stage").on("mousemove", MouseLocation._event);
}
MouseLocation.detach = function () {
    $("#stage").off("mousemove", MouseLocation._event);
}
MouseLocation.ping = function () {
    MouseLocation.attach();
    $("#stage").mousemove();
    MouseLocation.detach();
}

so that way, inside of my event, i can just say:

MouseLocation.ping(); MouseLocation.get_position();

but it doesnt seem to like: $("#stage").on("mousemove")