Introduction to JavaScript Tutorial

By Neil Williams
2007-11-09


JavaScript Events

Javascript: Events

Parent element	child elements	inherit:
Input	Button	Methods, Properties and Event Handlers
	Checkbox
	FileUpload
	Password
	Radio
	Reset
	Select
	Submit
	Text
	Textarea
HTMLElement	All Input children	Methods, Properties and Event Handlers
	Plus: Anchor
	Document
	Form
	Image
	Input
	Link
	Option
Input	Hidden	Methods and Properties only

In the following table, if all the child elements inherit all the event handlers, only the parent elements from the table above are given.

Handlers for Javascript elements

Handler	Element	Version
onAbort()	Image	1.1
onBlur()	Window, Input	1.1
onChange()	Input
onClick()	Button, Link. Return false to cancel default action.	1.2
	HTMLElement
onError()	Image, Windows	1.1
onKeyDown()	Document, Image, Link, Password, Text, Textarea. Return false to cancel default.	1.2
onKeyPress()	Document, Image, Link, Password, Text, Textarea. Return false to cancel default.	1.2
onKeyUp()	Document, Image, Link, Password, Text, Textarea. Return false to cancel default.	1.2
onLoad()	Window	1.1
	Image
onUnload()	Window	1.1
	Image
onMouseDown()	Document, Link, Image, Button. Return false to cancel default action.	1.2
onMouseUp()	Document, Link, Image, Button. Return false to cancel default action.	1.2
onMouseOver()	Link: Return true to prevent URL display.	1.2
	Image, Layer. Return true to prevent URL display.
onMouseOut()	Link: Return true to prevent URL display.	1.2
	Image, Layer. Return true to prevent URL display.
onReset()	Forms: Return false to prevent reset	1.1
onSubmit()	Forms: Return false to prevent form submission	1.1

Tutorial Pages:
» It's flavours and versions
» Structure and syntax
» Data types and objects
» Functions and operators
» JavaScript Statements A-F
» JavaScript Statements G-Z
» JavaScript Events
» JavaScript Global Properties
» Javascript code to identify your browser
» Redirecting the browser once identified


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