event attribute | event property
Sets or retrieves the event for which the script is written.
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Syntax
| HTML | <element event="p" ... > |
|---|---|
| JavaScript | |
Property values
Type: String
The event. The value for an onmouseover event, for example, is "onmouseover()".
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5
Examples
This example uses the event attribute and the event property to handle the click event.
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/event.htm
<script id=oButtonScript for="oButton" event="onclick()">
var sMessage1 = "Flip"
var sMessage2 = "Flop"
if (oButton.innerText == sMessage1) {
oButton.innerText = sMessage2;
}
else {
if (oButton.innerText == sMessage2) {
oButton.innerText = sMessage1;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
:
<button id="oButton" onmouseout="console.log(oButtonScript.event)">Flip</button>
See also
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