HTML Canvas Mouse Event Handler
<!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Event Demo</title> /*from w w w. ja v a 2 s. c o m*/ </head> <body> <canvas id="canvas" width="400" height="400"></canvas> <aside>Open debugging console in web browser and click mouse.</aside> <script> window.onload = function () { var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas'); canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', function (event) { console.log("mouse down"); }, false); canvas.addEventListener('mouseup', function (event) { console.log("mouse up"); }, false); }; </script> </body> </html>