Abakada DHTML Events Reference: onmousedown Event

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Fires when the user clicks the object with either mouse button.

Inline HTML	<element onmousedown = "handler" ... >	All platforms
Event property	object.onmousedown = handler	ECMA-262 Language Specification
Named script	<script FOR=object EVENT=onmousedown>	Internet Explorer^® only

Bubbles	Yes
Cancels	Yes
To invoke	Click a mouse button.
Default action	Initiates actions associated with the event and with the object being clicked.

A mousedown event occurs when the pointing device button is pressed over an element. The button property can be used to determine which mouse button is pressed. This event is valid for most elements.

While event handlers in the Document Object Model do not receive parameters directly, the handler can query the event object for data.

Event Object Properties

This example shows how the origin of the onmousedown event is determined when event bubbling is used.

<body onmousedown="alert(event.srcElement.tagName)">

onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, onmouseup

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