HTML onmousedown event attribute

HTML event attributes

Example

Execute a JavaScript when the mouse button is pressed on a paragraph:

<p onmousedown="mouseDown()"Klik på denne tekst!

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Browser supports

IE Firefox Chrome Safari Opera

All mainstream browsers support the onmousedown attribute.

Definition and usage

The onmousedown attribute triggers when the mouse button is pressed down on the element.

Tip:Event order relative to onmousedown event (limited to left/middle mouse button):

  1. onmousedown
  2. onmouseup
  3. onclick

Event order relative to onmousedown event (limited to right mouse button):

  1. onmousedown
  2. onmouseup
  3. oncontextmenu

Note:The onmousedown attribute is not applicable to the following elements: <base>, <bdo>, <br>, <head>, <html>, <iframe>, <meta>, <param>, <script>, <style> or <title>.

Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

None.

Syntax

<element onmousedown="script">

Attribute value

Value Description
script Script executed when onmousedown occurs.

HTML event attributes