IDOMMouseEvent interface

Provides properties and methods for mouse pointer events.

Members

The IDOMMouseEvent interface inherits from the IDispatch interface. IDOMMouseEvent also has these types of members:

Methods
Properties

Methods

The IDOMMouseEvent interface has these methods.

Method	Description
getModifierState	Queries the state of the specified modifier key.
initMouseEvent	Initializes a new mouse event that the IDocumentEvent::createEvent method created.

Properties

The IDOMMouseEvent interface has these properties.

Property	Description
altKey	Gets a value that indicates whether the Alt key is pressed.
button	Indicates which pointer device button has changed.
buttons	Indicates which pointer device buttons are being pressed, expressed as a bitmask.
clientX	Gets the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the upper-left corner of the viewport (that is, the application's client area).
clientY	Gets the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the upper-left corner of the viewport (that is, the application's client area).
ctrlKey	Gets a value that indicates whether the Ctrl key is pressed.
fromElement	Gets the object that the mouse pointer exited.
layerX	Gets the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the last positioned ancestor element.
layerY	Gets the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the last positioned ancestor element.
metaKey	Gets a value that indicates whether the Meta/Control key is pressed.
offsetX	Gets the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the target node.
offsetY	Gets the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the target node.
pageX	Gets the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the upper-left corner of the page.
pageY	Gets the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the upper-left corner of the page.
relatedTarget	Gets the secondary element that is involved in an event.
screenX	Gets the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the upper-left corner of the screen.
screenY	Gets the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the upper-left corner of the screen.
shiftKey	Gets a value that indicates whether the Shift key is pressed.
toElement	Gets the object that the mouse pointer entered.
which	Gets which mouse button is pressed.
x	Gets the x-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the last positioned ancestor element.
y	Gets the y-coordinate of the mouse pointer, relative to the last positioned ancestor element.

Remarks

Mouse event properties are also part of IDOMDragEvent, IDOMMouseWheelEvent, and IDOMWheelEvent events.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows Vista with SP1, Windows 7
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 R2
Header	Mshtml.h
IDL	Mshtml.idl
DLL	Mshtml.dll