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Html Events

Html supports certain kinds of events that can trigger an action or script.

Events are very useful when we want a script to run only when some kind of condition is met. Such as, when we click on something or when we move our mouse pointer over something.

Events are very useful for creating dynamic effects such as, rollover buttons or dynamic menus.

Using Events

Events are associated with elements by using certain attributes with that element.

Example

There is an event called "onclick" which triggers a script when a mouse is clicked. If we want to associate this event with an element say an anchor <a>, we can do it like this,

<a href="#" onclick="alert('Hello World')">Click</a>

Here onclick is assigned a javascript function alert which open an alert box and displays the text provided. Click the anchor below to see the result.

Click

You can use it with other elements as well.

More Events

There are other useful events also which you can use with certain elements. They are given in the table along with their function below.

Event Description
onclick Triggers when the mouse in clicked.
ondblclick Triggers when the mouse is double clicked.
onmousemove Triggers when the mouse pointer is moved over the element.
onmouseover Triggers when the mouse pointer is positioned over the element.
onmouseout Triggers when the mouse pointer is moved out of the element.
onmousedown Triggers when the mouse button is pressed down.
onmouseup Triggers when the mouse button is released
onload Triggers when the page loads. Used with <body> tag.
onunload Triggers when the page unloads. Used with the <body> tag.
onselect Triggers when some text is selected a form element.
onfocus Triggers when an element is selected or brought to focus.
onblur Triggers when an element already in focus is unselected or left.
onsubmit Triggers when the visitor presses the submit button in a form.
onreset Triggers when the visitor presses the reset button in a form
onchange Triggers when the visitor changes a value in a form element.
onkeypress Triggers when a character is typed in a form element.
onkeydown Triggers when a key is pressed down.
onkeyup Triggers when a key already pressed down is released.

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