Intrinsic Events Chart Home to Cookwood Press
EVENT WORKS WITH WHEN
ONBLUR A, AREA, BUTTON, INPUT , LABEL, SELECT, TEXTAREA the visitor leaves an element that was previously in focus (see ONFOCUS below)
ONCHANGE INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA the visitor modifies the value or contents of the element
ONCLICK All elements except APPLET, BASE, BASEFONT, BR, FONT, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, HTML, IFRAME, META, PARAM, SCRIPT, STYLE, TITLE the visitor clicks on the specified area
ONDBLCLICK Same as ONCLICK the visitor double clicks the specified area
ONFOCUS A, AREA, BUTTON, INPUT, LABEL, SELECT, TEXTAREA the visitor selects, clicks, or tabs to the specified element
ONKEYDOWN INPUT (of type NAME or PASSWORD), TEXTAREA the visitor types something in the specified element
ONKEYPRESS INPUT (of type NAME or PASSWORD), TEXTAREA the visitor types something in the specified element
ONKEYUP INPUT (of type NAME or PASSWORD), TEXTAREA the visitor lets go of the key after typing in the specified element
ONLOAD BODY, FRAMESET the page is loaded in the browser
ONMOUSEDOWN Same as ONCLICK the visitor presses the mouse button down over the element
ONMOUSEMOVE Same as ONCLICK the visitor moves the mouse over the specified element after having pointed at it
ONMOUSEOUT Same as ONCLICK the visitor moves the mouse away from the specified element after having been over it
ONMOUSEOVER Same as ONCLICK the visitor points the mouse at the element
ONMOUSEUP Same as ONCLICK the visitor lets the mouse button go after having clicked on the element
ONRESET FORM (not INPUT of type RESET) the visitor clicks the formÕs reset button
ONSELECT INPUT (of type NAME or PASSWORD), TEXTAREA the visitor selects one or more characters or words in the element
ONSUBMIT FORM (not INPUT of type SUBMIT) the visitor clicks the formÕs submit button
ONUNLOAD BODY, FRAMESET the browser loads a different page after the specified page had been loaded
An intrinsic event determines when an associated script will run. However, not every intrinsic event works with every HTML element. This table illustrates which events and tags work together. For more information about intrinsic events and scripting, please consult Chapter 16 in my book HTML 4 for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, by Elizabeth Castro, published by Peachpit Press.

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