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GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerenter

A global event handler for the pointerenter event.

Syntax

var enterHandler = targetElement.onpointerenter;

Return value

enterHandler
The pointerenter event handler for element targetElement.

Example

This example shows two ways to use onpointerenter to set an element's pointerenter event handler.

<html>
<script>
function enterHandler(ev) {
 // Process the pointerenter event
}
function init() {
 var el=document.getElementById("target1");
 el.onpointerenter = enterHandler;
}
</script>
<body onload="init();">
<div id="target1"> Touch me ... </div>
<div id="target2" onpointerenter="enterHandler(event)"> Touch me ... </div>
</body>
</html>

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 35 Yes 59
59
29
Disabled
Disabled From version 29: this feature is behind the dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.
11
11
10
Uses the non-standard name: onmspointerenter
? No
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support 37 35 Yes 29
Disabled
29
Disabled
Disabled From version 29: this feature is behind the dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.
? No ?

See also

© 2005–2018 Mozilla Developer Network and individual contributors.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/onpointerenter