mousedown

Summary

Fires when the user clicks the object with either mouse button or taps the mouse pad.

Overview Table

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	Yes
Target	dom/Element
Cancelable	Yes
Default action	?

## Examples

This example shows how to determine the origin of the onmousedown event when event bubbling is used.

<body onmousedown="(event.target)?alert(event.target.tagName):alert(event.srcElement.tagName);">
<table style="table-layout:fixed; cell-collapse:collapse">
<tr>
  <th>Click the items below with your mouse.</th>
</tr>
  <tr><td><button type="button">Click Me</button></td></tr>
  <tr><td><input type="text" value="Click Me"/></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Click Me</td></tr>
</table>
<p>This code retrieves the tagName of the object on which
   the onmousedown event has fired.</p>
</body>

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Usage

 Determine the properties of the DOM element that a user clicks on.

Notes

Remarks

Use the button property to determine which mouse button is clicked. Initiates actions associated with the event and with the object being clicked. To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Click a mouse button.

Syntax

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: ****IHTMLEventObj****

Attributions

Mozilla Developer Network : [mousedown Article]
Microsoft Developer Network: [event.mousedown Article]