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onmousedown event

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

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

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3

Syntax

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

Standards information

Event information

SynchronousNo
BubblesNo
CancelableNo

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]

Type: IHTMLEventObj

Remarks

Use the button property to determine which mouse button is clicked.

Initiates actions associated with the event and with the object being clicked.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

  • Click a mouse button.

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
HTMLDocumentEvents2::onmousewheel
HTMLDocumentEvents2::onmousemove
HTMLDocumentEvents2::onmouseout
HTMLDocumentEvents2::onmouseover
HTMLDocumentEvents2::onmouseup

 

 

Build date: 3/8/2012

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