HTML onmousedown Event Attribute
Example
Execute a JavaScript when pressing a mouse button over a paragraph:
<p onmousedown="mouseDown()">Click the text!</p>
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Definition and Usage
The onmousedown attribute fires when a mouse button is pressed down on the element.
Tip: The order of events related to the onmousedown event (for the left/middle mouse button):
The order of events related to the onmousedown event (for the right mouse button):
- onmousedown
- onmouseup
- oncontextmenu
Browser Support
| Event Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| onmousedown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
None.
Syntax
<element onmousedown="script">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| script | The script to be run on onmousedown |
Technical Details
| Supported HTML tags: | All HTML elements, EXCEPT: <base>, <bdo>, <br>, <head>, <html>, <iframe>, <meta>, <param>, <script>, <style>, and <title> |
|---|
Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: onmousedown event
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