Element: pointerenter event
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2020.
The pointerenter
event fires when a pointing device is moved into the hit test boundaries of an element or one of its descendants, including as a result of a pointerdown
event from a device that does not support hover (see pointerdown
).
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener()
, or set an event handler property.
addEventListener("pointerenter", (event) => {});
onpointerenter = (event) => {};
Event type
A PointerEvent
. Inherits from Event
.
Event properties
This interface inherits properties from MouseEvent
and Event
.
PointerEvent.altitudeAngle
Read only Experimental-
Represents the angle between a transducer (a pointer or stylus) axis and the X-Y plane of a device screen.
PointerEvent.azimuthAngle
Read only Experimental-
Represents the angle between the Y-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (a pointer or stylus) axis and the Y axis.
PointerEvent.persistentDeviceId
Read only Experimental-
A unique identifier for the pointing device generating the
PointerEvent
. PointerEvent.pointerId
Read only-
A unique identifier for the pointer causing the event.
PointerEvent.width
Read only-
The width (magnitude on the X axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
PointerEvent.height
Read only-
The height (magnitude on the Y axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
PointerEvent.pressure
Read only-
The normalized pressure of the pointer input in the range
0
to1
, where0
and1
represent the minimum and maximum pressure the hardware is capable of detecting, respectively. PointerEvent.tangentialPressure
Read only-
The normalized tangential pressure of the pointer input (also known as barrel pressure or cylinder stress) in the range
-1
to1
, where0
is the neutral position of the control. PointerEvent.tiltX
Read only-
The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of
-90
to90
) between the Y–Z plane and the plane containing both the pointer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the Y axis. PointerEvent.tiltY
Read only-
The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of
-90
to90
) between the X–Z plane and the plane containing both the pointer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the X axis. PointerEvent.twist
Read only-
The clockwise rotation of the pointer (e.g. pen stylus) around its major axis in degrees, with a value in the range
0
to359
. PointerEvent.pointerType
Read only-
Indicates the device type that caused the event (mouse, pen, touch, etc.).
PointerEvent.isPrimary
Read only-
Indicates if the pointer represents the primary pointer of this pointer type.
Examples
Using addEventListener()
:
const para = document.querySelector("p");
para.addEventListener("pointerenter", (event) => {
console.log("Pointer entered element");
});
Using the onpointerenter
event handler property:
const para = document.querySelector("p");
para.onpointerenter = (event) => {
console.log("Pointer entered element");
};
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Pointer Events # the-pointerenter-event |
Pointer Events # dom-globaleventhandlers-onpointerenter |
Browser compatibility
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