Definition and Usage The onmousemove event occurs when the mouse pointer is moved. Syntax onmousemove="SomeJavaScriptCode" ...
Definition and Usage
The onmousemove event occurs when the mouse pointer is moved.
Syntax
onmousemove="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:
| onmousemove is, by default, not an event of any object, because mouse movement happens very frequently. |
Tips and Notes
Note: Each time a user moves the mouse one pixel, a mousemove event occurs. It takes system resources to process all mousemove events. Use this event carefully!
Example
In the following example we will display an alert box when the user moves the mouse pointer over the image:
<img src="image.gif" alt="1000sourcecodes"
onmousemove="alert('Visit 1000sourcecodes!')" /> |
