Element: pointerover event

{{APIRef("Pointer Events")}}

The pointerover event is fired when a pointing device is moved into an element’s hit test boundaries.

pointerover events have the same problems as {{domxref("Element/mouseover_event", "mouseover")}} . If the target element has child elements, pointerout and pointerover events fire as the pointer moves over the boundaries of these elements too, not just the target element itself. Usually, {{domxref("Element/pointerenter_event", "pointerenter")}} and {{domxref("Element/pointerleave_event", "pointerleave")}} events’ behavior is more sensible, because they are not affected by moving into child elements.

Syntax

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

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

onpointerover = (event) => { }

Event type

A {{domxref("PointerEvent")}} . Inherits from {{domxref("Event")}} .

{{InheritanceDiagram("PointerEvent")}}

Event properties

This interface inherits properties from {{domxref("MouseEvent")}} and {{domxref("Event")}} .

{{domxref('PointerEvent.altitudeAngle')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}} {{experimental_inline}}
- : Represents the angle between a transducer (a pointer or stylus) axis and the X-Y plane of a device screen.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.azimuthAngle')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}} {{experimental_inline}}
- : Represents the angle between the Y-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (a pointer or stylus) axis and the Y axis.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.persistentDeviceId')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}} {{experimental_inline}}
- : A unique identifier for the pointing device generating the PointerEvent.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.pointerId')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : A unique identifier for the pointer causing the event.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.width')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : The width (magnitude on the X axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.height')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : The height (magnitude on the Y axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.pressure')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : The normalized pressure of the pointer input in the range 0 to 1, where 0 and 1 represent the minimum and maximum pressure the hardware is capable of detecting, respectively.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.tangentialPressure')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : The normalized tangential pressure of the pointer input (also known as barrel pressure or cylinder stress) in the range -1 to 1, where 0 is the neutral position of the control.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.tiltX')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of -90 to 90) between the Y–Z plane and the plane containing both the pointer (e.g., pen stylus) axis and the Y axis.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.tiltY')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of -90 to 90) between the X–Z plane and the plane containing both the pointer (e.g., pen stylus) axis and the X axis.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.twist')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : The clockwise rotation of the pointer (e.g., pen stylus) around its major axis in degrees, with a value in the range 0 to 359.
{{domxref('PointerEvent.pointerType')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : Indicates the device type that caused the event (mouse, pen, touch, etc.).
{{domxref('PointerEvent.isPrimary')}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
- : Indicates if the pointer represents the primary pointer of this pointer type.

Examples

Using addEventListener():

const para = document.querySelector("p");

para.addEventListener("pointerover", (event) => {
  console.log("Pointer moved in");
});

Using the onpointerover event handler property:

const para = document.querySelector("p");

para.onpointerover = (event) => {
  console.log("Pointer moved in");
};

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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