mouseover

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Overview Table

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

Examples

This example uses the onmouseover event to apply a new style to an object.

<p 
	onmouseover="this.style.color='red'" 
    onmouseout="this.style.color='black'">
    	Move the mouse pointer over this text to change its color. Move the pointer off the text 
        to change the color back.
</p>

View live exampleThis example shows how to change the value of a text area in response to mouse events.

<p>Move the mouse pointer into the text area to fire the onmouseover event. Move 
it out to clear the text.
<textarea name="txtMouseTrack" 
    onmouseover="this.value='onmouseover fired'" 
    onmouseout="this.value=">
</textarea></p>

Notes

Remarks

The event occurs when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object, and it does not repeat unless the user moves the mouse pointer out of the object and then back into it. Initiates any action associated with this event. To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Move the mouse pointer into an object.

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
onmousedown
onmousemove
onmouseout
onmouseup
onmspointerhover
onmspointerover

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

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