onmouseout event
Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object.
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Syntax
| HTML Attribute | <element onmouseout = "handler(event)"> |
| Event Property | object.onmouseout = handler; |
| attachEvent Method | object.attachEvent("onmouseout", handler) |
| addEventListener Method | object.addEventListener("mouseout", handler, useCapture) |
Event information
| Synchronous | No |
| Bubbles | Yes |
| Cancelable | No |
Event handler parameters
- pEvtObj [in]
Type: IHTMLEventObj
Standards information
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3
Remarks
When the user moves the mouse over an object, one HTMLAnchorEvents::onmouseover event occurs, followed by one or more HTMLAnchorEvents::onmousemove events as the user moves the mouse pointer within the object. One HTMLAnchorEvents::onmouseout event occurs when the user moves the mouse pointer out of the object.
Initiates any action associated with this event.
To invoke this event, do one of the following:
- Move the mouse pointer out of an object.
See also
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