Definition and Usage The onmouseup event occurs when a mouse button is released. Syntax onmouseup="SomeJavaScriptCode" ...
Definition and Usage
The onmouseup event occurs when a mouse button is released.
Syntax
onmouseup="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 the mouse button is released after clicking the picture:
<img src="image.gif"
onmouseup="alert('You clicked the picture!')"> |
Example 2
In this example an alert box will alert the tag name of the element you clicked on:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function whichElement(e)
{
var targ;
if (!e)
{
var e = window.event;
}
if (e.target)
{
targ = e.target;
}
else if (e.srcElement)
{
targ = e.srcElement;
}
if (targ.nodeType == 3) // defeat Safari bug
{
targ = targ.parentNode;
}
var tname;
tname=targ.tagName;
alert("You clicked on a " + tname + " element.");
}
</script>
</head> <body onmouseup="whichElement(event)"> <h2>This is a header</h2>
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
<img border="0" src="ball16.gif" alt="Ball"> </body>
</html> |