The onmousedown property returns the onmousedown event handler code on the current element.
element.onmousedown = eventHandler
The mousedown event is raised when the user presses the mouse button.
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'onmousedown' in that specification. | Living Standard |
| Desktop | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | |
| Basic support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
| Basic support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/onmousedown