| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 4 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
Description
The
onmouseout attribute is the “partner” attribute to
the commonly used onmouseover
attribute. It captures the moment that a mouse pointer crosses the
boundary of an element, moving from the inside to the outside of the
element to which the attribute is
applied.
onmouseout is mostly used for
resetting a visual effect that was previously applied by the
onmouseover attribute—for example, reinstating the
default state of an image that was swapped for a new
image.
Note that this event attribute cannot be applied to the following elements:
appletbasebasefontbdobrfontframeframesetheadhtmliframeisindexmetaparamscriptstyletitle
Example
The example below shows a simple image swap technique, whereby moving the mouse away from the image causes the original image to be reinstated:
<div>
<img src="map.gif" alt="Hover to reveal the location on the map"
onmouseover="this.src='map_location_revealed.gif';"
onmouseout="this.src='map.gif';"/>Figures for February’s racing.
</div>
Value
This attribute has no fixed value.
It’s up to the author to decide on the scripting that’s included here, be
that a call to one or more defined functions, or a simple
alert() statement.
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Every browser listed supports this attribute. However, inline event handlers such as this should be avoided. In the same way that inline CSS styles are frowned upon but externally defined CSS styles are considered good practice, inline event handlers should be stripped out and replaced with events attached unobtrusively through the DOM.
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