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JavaScript Event Reference

Events are normally used in combination with functions, and the function will not be executed before the event occurs!

Event Handlers

New to HTML 4.0 was the ability to let HTML events trigger actions in the browser, like starting a JavaScript when a user clicks on an HTML element. Below is a list of the attributes that can be inserted into HTML tags to define event actions.

FF: Firefox, N: Netscape, IE: Internet Explorer

Attribute	The event occurs when...	FF	N	IE
onabort	Loading of an image is interrupted	1	3	4
onblur	An element loses focus	1	2	3
onchange	The user changes the content of a field	1	2	3
onclick	Mouse clicks an object	1	2	3
ondblclick	Mouse double-clicks an object	1	4	4
onerror	An error occurs when loading a document or an image	1	3	4
onfocus	An element gets focus	1	2	3
onkeydown	A keyboard key is pressed	1	4	3
onkeypress	A keyboard key is pressed or held down	1	4	3
onkeyup	A keyboard key is released	1	4	3
onload	A page or an image is finished loading	1	2	3
onmousedown	A mouse button is pressed	1	4	4
onmousemove	The mouse is moved	1	6	3
onmouseout	The mouse is moved off an element	1	4	4
onmouseover	The mouse is moved over an element	1	2	3
onmouseup	A mouse button is released	1	4	4
onreset	The reset button is clicked	1	3	4
onresize	A window or frame is resized	1	4	4
onselect	Text is selected	1	2	3
onsubmit	The submit button is clicked	1	2	3
onunload	The user exits the page	1	2	3

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