event Property (SCRIPT, HTMLScriptElement Constructor, Window Constructor)

event Property

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EVENT Attribute | event Property

Sets or retrieves the event for which the script is written.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT EVENT = sEvent... >
Scripting [ sEvent = ] object.event

HTML	<ELEMENT EVENT = sEvent... >
Scripting	[ sEvent = ] object.event

Possible Values

sEvent String that specifies or receives the event. The value for an onmouseover event, for example, is "onmouseover()".
The property is read/write. The property has no default value.
DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are not supported in IE8 mode. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Example

This example uses the EVENT attribute and the event property to handle the onclick event.
<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="alert(oButtonScript.event)">Flip</BUTTON>
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Standards Information

This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 .

Applies To

SCRIPT, HTMLScriptElement Constructor, Window Constructor

See Also

event