Element: pointerover event

Thepointeroverevent is fired when a pointing device is moved into an element's hit test boundaries.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods likeaddEventListener(),or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener( "pointerover", (event) => {});

onpointerover = (event) => {};

Event type

Event properties

This interface inherits properties fromMouseEventandEvent.

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 thePointerEvent.

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 range0to1,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 orcylinder 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 range0to359.

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

UsingaddEventListener():

js
const para = document.querySelector( "p" );

para.addEventListener( "pointerover", (event) => {
console.log( "Pointer moved in" );
});

Using theonpointeroverevent handler property:

js
const para = document.querySelector( "p" );

para.onpointerover = (event) => {
console.log( "Pointer moved in" );
};

Specifications

Specification
Pointer Events
#the-pointerover-event
Pointer Events
#dom-globaleventhandlers-onpointerover

Browser compatibility

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See also