Sets or retrieves the mouse button pressed by the user.
This property is not supported for Metro style apps using JavaScript.
Syntax
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Property values
Type: Integer
0
-
Default. No button is pressed.
1
-
Left button is pressed.
2
-
Right button is pressed.
3
-
Left and right buttons are both pressed.
4
-
Middle button is pressed.
5
-
Left and middle buttons both are pressed.
6
-
Right and middle buttons are both pressed.
7
-
All three buttons are pressed.
Remarks
The property is read-only in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, and read/write in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and later.
This property is used with the onmousedown, onmouseup, and onmousemove events. For other events, it defaults to 0 regardless of the state of the mouse buttons.
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Build date: 3/14/2012