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onmouseleave event

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object.

Syntax

HTML Attribute <element onmouseleave = "handler(event)">
Event Property object.onmouseleave = handler;
attachEvent Method object.attachEvent("onmouseleave", handler)

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Event information

Synchronous No
Bubbles No
Cancelable No

Event handler parameters

Remarks

The event fires only if the mouse pointer is inside the boundaries of the object and the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object. If the mouse pointer is currently outside the boundaries of the object, for the event to fire, the user must move the mouse pointer inside the boundaries of the object and then back outside the boundaries of the object.

Initiates any action associated with this event.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

  • Move the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of an object.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

 

 

Build date: 1/23/2012