The HTML onmousedown event attribute is triggered when a mouse button is pressed down on an HTML element in an HTML document.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
<tagname onmousedown=”script”></tagname>
Let us see an example of HTML onmousedown event Attribute−
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
color: #000;
height: 100vh;
background-color: #FBAB7E;
background-image: linear-gradient(62deg, #FBAB7E 0%, #F7CE68 100%);
text-align: center;
}
.circle {
background: #db133a;
height: 150px;
width: 150px;
border-radius: 50%;
margin: 10px auto;
}
p {
margin: 30px auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML onmousedown Event Attribute Demo</h1>
<div class="circle" onmousedown="mouseDownFn()" onmouseup="mouseUpFn()"></div>
<p>Try to click the above red circle</p>
<script>
function mouseDownFn() {
document.querySelector('.circle').style.transform = 'scale(0.5)';
}
function mouseUpFn() {
document.querySelector('.circle').style.transform = 'scale(1.2)';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Click on “red” circle to observe how onmousedown event attribute works.
