MouseEvent

Summary

The DOM MouseEvent interface represents events that occur due to the user interacting with a pointing device (such as a mouse).

Common events using this interface include click, dblclick, mouseup, mousedown. The list of all events using this interface is provided in the Events reference.

MouseEvent derives from UIEvent, which in turn derives from Event.

Properties

MouseEvent.altKey Read only

true if the alt key was down when the mouse event was fired.

MouseEvent.button Read only

The button number that was pressed when the mouse event was fired.

MouseEvent.buttons Read only DOM level 3

The buttons being pressed when the mouse event was fired

MouseEvent.clientX Read only

The X coordinate of the mouse pointer in local (DOM content) coordinates.

MouseEvent.clientY Read only

The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer in local (DOM content) coordinates.

MouseEvent.ctrlKey Read only

true if the control key was down when the mouse event was fired.

MouseEvent.metaKey Read only

true if the meta key was down when the mouse event was fired.

MouseEvent.movementX Read only

The X coordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the position of the last mousemove event.

MouseEvent.movementY Read only

The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the position of the last mousemove event.

The secondary target for the event, if there is one.

MouseEvent.screenX Read only

The X coordinate of the mouse pointer in global (screen) coordinates.

MouseEvent.screenY Read only

The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer in global (screen) coordinates.

MouseEvent.shiftKey Read only

true if the shift key was down when the mouse event was fired.

MouseEvent.mozPressure Read only

The amount of pressure applied to a touch or tablet device when generating the event; this value ranges between 0.0 (minimum pressure) and 1.0 (maximum pressure).

MouseEvent.mozInputSource Read only

The type of device that generated the event (one of the MOZ_SOURCE_* constants listed below).

This lets you, for example, determine whether a mouse event was generated by an actual mouse or by a touch event (which might affect the degree of accuracy with which you interpret the coordinates associated with the event).

Methods

MouseEvent.getModifierState() DOM level 3: Returns the current state of the specified modifier key. See the KeyboardEvent.getModifierState() documentation for details.

Initiate Mouse Event

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Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification	Recommendation
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification	Working Draft
UI Events	Working Draft	Extend DOM3
Pointer Lock	Working Draft	Extend the `MouseEvent` interface

Feature	Firefox (Gecko)	Chrome	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)
`movementX` `movementY`	(Yes) moz	(Yes) webkit	?	?	?
`buttons`	(Yes)	Not supported	?	?	?

Feature	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	Android	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?

Gecko notes

Specific constants

The possible values for MouseEvent.mozInputSource are listed in the following table. They are available as properties on the MouseEvent interface (e.g. MouseEvent.MOZ_SOURCE_UNKNOWN).

Constant name	Value	Desription
`MOZ_SOURCE_UNKNOWN`	0	The input device is unknown.
`MOZ_SOURCE_MOUSE`	1	The event was generated by a mouse (or mouse-like device).
`MOZ_SOURCE_PEN`	2	The event was generated by a pen on a tablet.
`MOZ_SOURCE_ERASER`	3	The event was generated by an eraser on a tablet.
`MOZ_SOURCE_CURSOR`	4	The event was generated by a cursor.
`MOZ_SOURCE_TOUCH`	5	The event was generated on a touch interface.
`MOZ_SOURCE_KEYBOARD`	6	The event was generated by a keyboard.