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onmouseover event

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

Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object.

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3

Syntax

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

Standards information

Event information

Synchronous No
Bubbles No
Cancelable No

Event handler parameters

Remarks

The event occurs when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object, and it does not repeat unless the user moves the mouse pointer out of the object and then back into it.

Initiates any action associated with this event.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

  • Move the mouse pointer into an object.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

See also

Reference

onmousewheel

onmousedown

onmousemove

onmouseout

onmouseup

 

 

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