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). Otherwise, pointerenter works the same as mouseenter, and are dispatched at the same time. They are also dispatched at the same time as mouseover and pointerover events, if appropriate.
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.altitudeAngleRead only Experimental-
Represents the angle between a transducer (a pointer or stylus) axis and the X-Y plane of a device screen.
PointerEvent.azimuthAngleRead 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.persistentDeviceIdRead only Experimental-
A unique identifier for the pointing device generating the
PointerEvent. PointerEvent.pointerIdRead only-
A unique identifier for the pointer causing the event.
PointerEvent.widthRead only-
The width (magnitude on the X axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
PointerEvent.heightRead only-
The height (magnitude on the Y axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
PointerEvent.pressureRead only-
The normalized pressure of the pointer input in the range
0to1, where0and1represent the minimum and maximum pressure the hardware is capable of detecting, respectively. PointerEvent.tangentialPressureRead only-
The normalized tangential pressure of the pointer input (also known as barrel pressure or cylinder stress) in the range
-1to1, where0is the neutral position of the control. PointerEvent.tiltXRead only-
The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of
-90to90) between the Y–Z plane and the plane containing both the pointer (e.g., pen stylus) axis and the Y axis. PointerEvent.tiltYRead only-
The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of
-90to90) between the X–Z plane and the plane containing both the pointer (e.g., pen stylus) axis and the X axis. PointerEvent.twistRead only-
The clockwise rotation of the pointer (e.g., pen stylus) around its major axis in degrees, with a value in the range
0to359. PointerEvent.pointerTypeRead only-
Indicates the device type that caused the event (mouse, pen, touch, etc.).
PointerEvent.isPrimaryRead 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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