Javascript DOM onmousedown Event via HTML Tag onmousedown attribute

Introduction

This example demonstrates how to assign an "onmousedown" and "onmouseup" event to a p element.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="demo" onmousedown="mouseDown()" onmouseup="mouseUp()">Click me.</p>

<script>
function mouseDown() {//from www . j  a v a 2  s . co m
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The mouse button is held down.";
}

function mouseUp() {
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "You released the mouse button.";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

Bubbles: Cancelable: Event type: Supported HTML tags:	Yes Yes MouseEvent All HTML elements, EXCEPT: <base>, <bdo>, <br>, <head>, <html>, <iframe>, <meta>, <param>, <script>, <style>, and <title>

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