button Property

Sets or retrieves the mouse button pressed by the user.

Syntax

event . button [ = iWhichButton ]

Possible Values

iWhichButton

Integer that specifies or receives one of the following values.

0	Default. No button is pressed.
1	Left button is pressed.
2	Right button is pressed.
3	Left and right buttons are both pressed.
4	Middle button is pressed.
5	Left and middle buttons both are pressed.
6	Right and middle buttons are both pressed.
7	All three buttons are pressed.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of 0 .

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties .

Remarks

The property is read-only in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0, and read/write in Internet Explorer 5 and later.

This property is used with the onmousedown , onmouseup , and onmousemove events. For other events, it defaults to 0 regardless of the state of the mouse buttons.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Unix:
Mac:
Windows CE:

event

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