EVENT Attribute | event Property

Sets or retrieves the event for which the script is written.

Syntax

HTML Scripting

SCRIPT . event [ = sEvent ]

Possible Values

sEvent

String that specifies or receives the event. The value for an onmouseover event, for example, is "onmouseover()".

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

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

Example

This example uses the EVENT attribute and the event property to handle the onclick event.

<SCRIPT ID=oButtonScript FOR="oButton" EVENT ="onclick()">
var sMessage1 = "Flip"
var sMessage2 = "Flop"
if (oButton.innerText == sMessage1)
{ oButton.innerText = sMessage2; }
else
{ if (oButton.innerText == sMessage2)
{ oButton.innerText = sMessage1; }
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<BUTTON ID="oButton" onmouseout="alert(oButtonScript. event )">Flip</BUTTON>

Standards Information

This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 .

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Windows CE:
Unix:
Mac:

SCRIPT

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