Definition and Usage The onmousedown event occurs when a mouse button is clicked. Syntax onmousedown="SomeJavaScriptCode" ...
Definition and Usage
The onmousedown event occurs when a mouse button is clicked.
Syntax
onmousedown="SomeJavaScriptCode" |
Parameter | Description |
SomeJavaScriptCode | Required. Specifies a JavaScript to be executed when the event occurs. |
Supported by the following HTML tags:
<a>, <address>, <area>, <b>, <bdo>, <big>, <blockquote>, <body>, <button>, <caption>, <cite>, <code>, <dd>, <dfn>, <div>, <dl>, <dt>, <em>, <fieldset>, <form>, <h1> to <h6>, <hr>, <i>, <img>, <input>, <kbd>, <label>, <legend>, <li>, <map>, <ol>, <p>, <pre>, <samp>, <select>, <small>, <span>, <strong>, <sub>, <sup>, <table>, <tbody>, <td>, <textarea>, <tfoot>, <th>, <thead>, <tr>, <tt>, <ul>, <var> |
Supported by the following JavaScript objects:
Example 1
In this example an alert box is displayed when clicking on the picture:
<img src="image.gif"
onmousedown="alert('You clicked the picture!')"> |