onmouseenter event (Internet Explorer)

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onmouseenter event

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

Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object.

Syntax

HTML Attribute <element onmouseenter = "handler(event)">
Event Property object.onmouseenter = handler;
attachEvent Method object.attachEvent("onmouseenter", handler)

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Event information

SynchronousNo
BubblesNo
CancelableNo

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]

Type: IHTMLEventObj

Remarks

The event fires only if the mouse pointer is outside the boundaries of the object and the user moves the mouse pointer inside the boundaries of the object. If the mouse pointer is currently inside the boundaries of the object, for the event to fire, the user must move the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object and then back inside the boundaries of the object.

Unlike the onmouseover event, the onmouseenter event does not bubble. In other words, the onmouseenter event does not fire when the user moves the mouse pointer over elements contained by the object, whereas onmouseover does fire.

Initiates any action associated with this event.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

  • Move the mouse pointer inside the boundaries of an object.

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

 

 

Build date: 3/14/2012

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rednael
Issue with Mouse events and transparent background on Input elements and Textareas
Please consider the following article:
http://blog.rednael.com/2009/09/01/TrappingMouseEventsOnTransparentInputElementsOrTextareasInIE.aspx

It describes an issue when trying to trap mouse events on transparent Input elements (type=text) and Textarea elements.