pointerenter | onpointerenter event

Dispatched when a pointing device is moved into the hit test boundaries of an element or one of its descendants, including as a result of a pointerdown event from a device that does not support hover. This event type is similar to pointerover, but differs in that it does not bubble.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element onpointerenter = "handler(event)">
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("pointerenter", handler, useCapture)

Event information

Synchronous	Yes
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	Yes

Event handler parameters

handler [in]

Type: Function

Function to execute when the event is dispatched

Standards information

Pointer Events, Section 5.2.8

Remarks

There are similarities between this event type, the mouseenter event and the CSS :hover pseudo-class. See also the pointerleave event.