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This document discusses JavaScript events. It defines an event as something that occurs when a user or browser interacts with a page, like loading, clicking, or resizing. Developers can use events to trigger JavaScript code for responses. Common event types are onclick, onsubmit, onmouseover, and onmouseout. The document lists many standard HTML5 events and the JavaScript functions they can trigger.

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JavaScript - Events - Tutorialspoint

This document discusses JavaScript events. It defines an event as something that occurs when a user or browser interacts with a page, like loading, clicking, or resizing. Developers can use events to trigger JavaScript code for responses. Common event types are onclick, onsubmit, onmouseover, and onmouseout. The document lists many standard HTML5 events and the JavaScript functions they can trigger.

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JavaScript - Events

What is an Event ?
JavaScript's interaction with HTML is handled through events that occur when the user or the
browser manipulates a page.

When the page loads, it is called an event. When the user clicks a button, that click too is an
event. Other examples include events like pressing any key, closing a window, resizing a
window, etc.
Developers can use these events to execute JavaScript coded responses, which cause buttons
to close windows, messages to be displayed to users, data to be validated, and virtually any
other type of response imaginable.

Events are a part of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 and every HTML element
contains a set of events which can trigger JavaScript Code.
Please go through this small tutorial for a better understanding HTML Event Reference . Here
we will see a few examples to understand a relation between Event and JavaScript −

onclick Event Type

This is the most frequently used event type which occurs when a user clicks the left button of his
mouse. You can put your validation, warning etc., against this event type.

Example

Try the following example.

Live Demo
<html>
<head>
<script type = "text/javascript">
<!--
function sayHello() {
alert("Hello World")
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body>
<p>Click the following button and see result</p>
<form>
<input type = "button" onclick = "sayHello()" value = "Say Hello" />

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</form>
</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following button and see result

Say Hello

onsubmit Event Type


onsubmit is an event that occurs when you try to submit a form. You can put your form
validation against this event type.

Example

The following example shows how to use onsubmit. Here we are calling a validate() function
before submitting a form data to the webserver. If validate() function returns true, the form will
be submitted, otherwise it will not submit the data.
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<script type = "text/javascript">
<!--
function validation() {
all validation goes here
.........
return either true or false
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body>
<form method = "POST" action = "t.cgi" onsubmit = "return validate()">
.......
<input type = "submit" value = "Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

onmouseover and onmouseout

These two event types will help you create nice effects with images or even with text as well.
The onmouseover event triggers when you bring your mouse over any element and the
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onmouseout triggers when you move your mouse out from that element. Try the following
example.

Live Demo
<html>
<head>
<script type = "text/javascript">
<!--
function over() {
document.write ("Mouse Over");
}
function out() {
document.write ("Mouse Out");
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body>
<p>Bring your mouse inside the division to see the result:</p>
<div onmouseover = "over()" onmouseout = "out()">
<h2> This is inside the division </h2>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Output

Bring your mouse inside the division to see the result:

This is inside the division

HTML 5 Standard Events

The standard HTML 5 events are listed here for your reference. Here script indicates a
Javascript function to be executed against that event.

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Attribute Value Description

Offline script Triggers when the document goes offline

Onabort script Triggers on an abort event

onafterprint script Triggers after the document is printed

onbeforeonload script Triggers before the document loads

onbeforeprint script Triggers before the document is printed

onblur script Triggers when the window loses focus

Triggers when media can start play, but might has to stop for
oncanplay script
buffering

Triggers when media can be played to the end, without


oncanplaythrough script
stopping for buffering

onchange script Triggers when an element changes

onclick script Triggers on a mouse click

oncontextmenu script Triggers when a context menu is triggered

ondblclick script Triggers on a mouse double-click

ondrag script Triggers when an element is dragged

ondragend script Triggers at the end of a drag operation

Triggers when an element has been dragged to a valid drop


ondragenter script
target

Triggers when an element is being dragged over a valid drop


ondragleave script
target

ondragover script Triggers at the start of a drag operation

ondragstart script Triggers at the start of a drag operation

ondrop script Triggers when dragged element is being dropped

ondurationchange script Triggers when the length of the media is changed

Triggers when a media resource element suddenly becomes


onemptied script
empty.

onended script Triggers when media has reach the end

onerror script Triggers when an error occur


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onfocus script Triggers when the window gets focus

onformchange script Triggers when a form changes

onforminput script Triggers when a form gets user input

onhaschange script Triggers when the document has change

oninput script Triggers when an element gets user input

oninvalid script Triggers when an element is invalid

onkeydown script Triggers when a key is pressed

onkeypress script Triggers when a key is pressed and released

onkeyup script Triggers when a key is released

onload script Triggers when the document loads

onloadeddata script Triggers when media data is loaded

Triggers when the duration and other media data of a media


onloadedmetadata script
element is loaded

onloadstart script Triggers when the browser starts to load the media data

onmessage script Triggers when the message is triggered

onmousedown script Triggers when a mouse button is pressed

onmousemove script Triggers when the mouse pointer moves

onmouseout script Triggers when the mouse pointer moves out of an element

onmouseover script Triggers when the mouse pointer moves over an element

onmouseup script Triggers when a mouse button is released

onmousewheel script Triggers when the mouse wheel is being rotated

onoffline script Triggers when the document goes offline

onoine script Triggers when the document comes online

ononline script Triggers when the document comes online

onpagehide script Triggers when the window is hidden

onpageshow script Triggers when the window becomes visible

onpause script Triggers when media data is paused

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onplay script Triggers when media data is going to start playing

onplaying script Triggers when media data has start playing

onpopstate script Triggers when the window's history changes

onprogress script Triggers when the browser is fetching the media data

onratechange script Triggers when the media data's playing rate has changed

onreadystatechange script Triggers when the ready-state changes

onredo script Triggers when the document performs a redo

onresize script Triggers when the window is resized

onscroll script Triggers when an element's scrollbar is being scrolled

Triggers when a media element's seeking attribute is no longer


onseeked script
true, and the seeking has ended

Triggers when a media element's seeking attribute is true, and


onseeking script
the seeking has begun

onselect script Triggers when an element is selected

onstalled script Triggers when there is an error in fetching media data

onstorage script Triggers when a document loads

onsubmit script Triggers when a form is submitted

Triggers when the browser has been fetching media data, but
onsuspend script
stopped before the entire media file was fetched

ontimeupdate script Triggers when media changes its playing position

onundo script Triggers when a document performs an undo

onunload script Triggers when the user leaves the document

Triggers when media changes the volume, also when volume


onvolumechange script
is set to "mute"

Triggers when media has stopped playing, but is expected to


onwaiting script
resume

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