onmouseout 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 onmouseout = "handler(event)"> |
Event Property | object.onmouseout = handler; |
attachEvent Method | object.attachEvent("onmouseout", handler) |
addEventListener Method | object.addEventListener("mouseout", handler, useCapture) |
Standards information
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3
Event information
Synchronous | No |
Bubbles | No |
Cancelable | No |
Event handler parameters
- pEvtObj [in]
Type: IHTMLEventObj
Remarks
When the user moves the mouse over an object, one onmouseover event occurs, followed by one or more onmousemove events as the user moves the mouse pointer within the object. One onmouseout event occurs when the user moves the mouse pointer out of the object.
Initiates any action associated with this event.
To invoke this event, do one of the following:
- Move the mouse pointer out of an object.
The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:
- HTMLAnchorEvents2
- HTMLAreaEvents2
- HTMLButtonElementEvents2
- HTMLControlElementEvents2
- HTMLDocumentEvents2
- HTMLElementEvents2
- HTMLFormElementEvents2
- HTMLImgEvents2
- HTMLFrameSiteEvents2
- HTMLInputFileElementEvents2
- HTMLInputImageEvents2
- HTMLInputTextElementEvents2
- HTMLLabelEvents2
- HTMLLinkElementEvents2
- HTMLMapEvents2
- HTMLMarqueeElementEvents2
- HTMLObjectElementEvents2
- HTMLOptionButtonElementEvents2
- HTMLScriptEvents2
- HTMLSelectElementEvents2
- HTMLStyleElementEvents2
- HTMLTableEvents2
- HTMLTextContainerEvents2
- HTMLWindowEvents2
- HTMLWindowEvents4
See also
Reference
Build date: 1/23/2012