Element: lostpointercapture event

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2020.

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The lostpointercapture event is fired when a captured pointer is released.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("lostpointercapture", (event) => { })

onlostpointercapture = (event) => { }

Event type

A PointerEvent. Inherits from Event.

This example listens for the lostpointercapture event for an element, and captures the pointer for the element on pointerdown. When the user subsequently releases the pointer, the lostpointercapture event will be fired.

const para = document.querySelector("p");

para.addEventListener("lostpointercapture", () => {
  console.log("I've been released!");
});

para.addEventListener("pointerdown", (event) => {
  para.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
});

The same example, but using the onlostpointercapture event handler property:

const para = document.querySelector("p");

para.onlostpointercapture = () => {
  console.log("I've been released!");
};

para.addEventListener("pointerdown", (event) => {
  para.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
});