onmousemove event

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

Fires when the user moves the mouse over the object.

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3

Syntax

HTML Attribute <element onmousemove = "handler(event)">
Event Property object.onmousemove = handler;
attachEvent Method object.attachEvent("onmousemove", handler)
addEventListener Method object.addEventListener("mousemove", handler, useCapture)

Standards information

Event information

Synchronous No
Bubbles No
Cancelable No

Event handler parameters

Remarks

If the user presses a mouse button, use the button property to determine which button was pressed.

Initiates any action associated with this event.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

  • Move the mouse over the document.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

See also

Reference

onmousewheel

onmousedown

onmouseout

onmouseover

onmouseup

 

 

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