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Overview Table

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Target	dom/Element
Cancelable	No
Default action

Examples

View live exampleThis example shows how to determine the origin of the onmousedown event when event bubbling is used.

<BODY onmousedown="console.log(event.srcElement.tagName)">
<TABLE BORDER=1>
  <TH>Click the items below with your mouse.</TH>
  <TR><TD><BUTTON>Click Me</BUTTON></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD><INPUT TYPE=text VALUE="Click Me"></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD><SPAN>Click Me</SPAN></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P>This code retrieves the tagName of the object on which
   the onmousedown event has fired.
</BODY>

Notes

Remarks

Use the button property to determine which mouse button is clicked. Initiates actions associated with the event and with the object being clicked. To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Click a mouse button.

Syntax

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: IHTMLEventObj

a
abbr
acronym
address
applet
area
audio
b
bdo
big
blockQuote
body
button
canvas
caption
center
cite
code
custom
dd
del
dfn
dir
div
dl
document
dt
em
embed
fieldSet
font
form
hn
hr
i
img
input type=button
input type=checkbox
input type=file
input type=image
input type=password
input type=radio
input type=reset
input type=submit
input type=text
ins
kbd
label
legend
li
listing
map
marquee
menu
noBR
object
ol
p
plainText
pre
q
rt
ruby
s
samp
select
small
source
span
strike
strong
sub
sup
table
tBody
td
textArea
tFoot
th
tHead
tr
tt
u
ul
var
video
window
xmp
SVGSVGElement
Reference
onmousewheel
onmousemove
onmouseout
onmouseover
onmouseup
onmspointerdown

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Portions of this content come from the Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]

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