move | onmove event (Internet Explorer)

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Fires when the object moves.

Syntax

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

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: IHTMLEventObj

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

This event can be bound to relatively positioned elements as well as absolutely positioned elements.

This event does not fire when it is bound to an object inside a container object that moves.

Calls the associated event handler if there is one.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Change the absolute position of the object.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

Examples

The following example shows how to use the onmove event and display the x and y coordinates of a DIV as it is moved.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/onmoveEx1.htm


<html>
<head>
<title>The onmove event</title>
<script>
// Turn on 2-D positioning
document.execCommand("2D-position",false,true);
function fnHandleMove() {
  oXDelta.innerText = event.srcElement.offsetLeft;
  oYDelta.innerText = event.srcElement.offsetTop; 
}
</script>
</head>
<body onmove="fnHandleMove();">
<b>Current Object:</b><br>
X delta: <span id="oXDelta">n/a</span><br>
Y delta: <span id="oYDelta">n/a</span><br>
<div contenteditable="true">
<div style="width:300px;height:100px; background-color:red; position:absolute;">
Movable DIV</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

move | onmove event