Element: mouseup event

{{APIRef("UI Events")}} 

The mouseup event is fired at an {{domxref("Element")}}  when a button on a pointing device (such as a mouse or trackpad) is released while the pointer is located inside it.

mouseup events are the counterpoint to {{domxref("Element.mousedown_event", "mousedown")}}  events.

This behavior is different from {{domxref("Element/pointerup_event", "pointerup")}}  events. When using a physical mouse, mouseup events fire whenever any button on a mouse is released. pointerup events fire only upon the last button release; previous button releases, while other buttons are held down, don’t fire pointerup events.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}} , or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("mouseup", (event) => { })

onmouseup = (event) => { }

Event type

A {{domxref("MouseEvent")}} . Inherits from {{domxref("UIEvent")}}  and {{domxref("Event")}} .

{{InheritanceDiagram("MouseEvent")}} 

Event properties

This interface also inherits properties of its parents, {{domxref("UIEvent")}}  and {{domxref("Event")}} .

• {{domxref("MouseEvent.altKey")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : Returns true if the alt key was down when the mouse event was fired.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.button")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The button number that was pressed (if applicable) when the mouse event was fired.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.buttons")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The buttons being pressed (if any) when the mouse event was fired.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.clientX")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The X coordinate of the mouse pointer in viewport coordinates.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.clientY")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer in viewport coordinates.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.ctrlKey")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : Returns true if the control key was down when the mouse event was fired.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.layerX")}}  {{Non-standard_inline}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : Returns the horizontal coordinate of the event relative to the current layer.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.layerY")}}  {{Non-standard_inline}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : Returns the vertical coordinate of the event relative to the current layer.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.metaKey")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : Returns true if the meta key was down when the mouse event was fired.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.movementX")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The X coordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the position of the last {{domxref("Element/mousemove_event", "mousemove")}}  event.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.movementY")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the position of the last {{domxref("Element/mousemove_event", "mousemove")}}  event.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.offsetX")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The X coordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the position of the padding edge of the target node.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.offsetY")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the position of the padding edge of the target node.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.pageX")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The X coordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the whole document.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.pageY")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the whole document.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.relatedTarget")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The secondary target for the event, if there is one.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.screenX")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The X coordinate of the mouse pointer in screen coordinates.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.screenY")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The Y coordinate of the mouse pointer in screen coordinates.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.shiftKey")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : Returns true if the shift key was down when the mouse event was fired.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.mozInputSource")}}  {{non-standard_inline()}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The type of device that generated the event (one of the MOZ_SOURCE_* constants). This lets you, for example, determine whether a mouse event was generated by an actual mouse or by a touch event (which might affect the degree of accuracy with which you interpret the coordinates associated with the event).
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.webkitForce")}}  {{non-standard_inline()}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : The amount of pressure applied when clicking.
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.x")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : Alias for {{domxref("MouseEvent.clientX")}} .
• {{domxref("MouseEvent.y")}}  {{ReadOnlyInline}} 
  • : Alias for {{domxref("MouseEvent.clientY")}} .

Examples

See mousemove event for example code.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Learn: Introduction to events
• {{domxref("Element/mousedown_event", "mousedown")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/mousemove_event", "mousemove")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/click_event", "click")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/dblclick_event", "dblclick")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/mouseover_event", "mouseover")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/mouseout_event", "mouseout")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/mouseenter_event", "mouseenter")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/mouseleave_event", "mouseleave")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/contextmenu_event", "contextmenu")}} 
• {{domxref("Element/pointerup_event", "pointerup")}}