Intermediate Web Publishing

Invoking JavaScript -- event handlers

onLoad

browser loads page

onUnload

user leaves page

onMouseOver

user moves cursor over A link

onMouseOut

user moves cursor off A link

onClick

user selects button or link

onSubmit

user submits form

onFocus

user moves focus to object
(usually a text box)

onBlur

user removes focus

onChange

user changes value of object

onSelect

user highlights text in text box

onAbort

user stops page loading

onError

script encounters error

Different HTML entities accept different event handlers, e.g. onMouseOver applies only to "A HREF=" tags.

Newer versions of JavasScript add more events.


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