The examples seen below are powered by two functions. The first is attachEventHandler
, which configures an event
listener for an element with an ID elementId
. It then binds that element with a handler
that specifies what behavior should result from said event
:
function attachEventHandler(elementId, event, handler) { const element = document.getElementById(elementId); if (element) { element.addEventListener(event, handler); } else { console.error(`Element with ID "${elementId}" not found.`); } }
There are event handler functions for each of the unique mouse events in JavaScript, which make calls to updateDisplay
. When a call is made, the function changes the content of a visual area in the page, using the metadata associated with the triggering event
:
function updateDisplay(elementId, content { const element = document.getElementById(elementId); if (element) { element.textContent = content; } else { console.error(`Display element "${elementId}" not found.`) } }
All of the identifier strings for JavaScript's mouse events are listed below:
click
dblclick
mouseover
mouseout
mouseenter
mouseleave
mousedown
mouseup
mousemove
contextmenu
mousewheel
DOMMouseScroll
click
)dblclick
)mouseover
)mouseout
)mouseenter
)mouseleave
)mousedown
)mouseup
)mousemove
)contextmenu
)mousewheel
)