Javascript DOM onmouseover Event via addEventListener() method

Introduction

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method: 

object.addEventListener("mouseover",
       myScript);

This example uses the addEventListener() method to attach a "mouseover" and "mouseout" event to a h1 element.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1 id="demo">Mouse over me</h1>

<script>
document.getElementById("demo").addEventListener("mouseover", mouseOver);
document.getElementById("demo").addEventListener("mouseout", mouseOut);

function mouseOver() {//from   w ww.  j ava2 s  .  c  om
  document.getElementById("demo").style.color = "red";
}

function mouseOut() {
  document.getElementById("demo").style.color = "black";
}
</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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