Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/onmouseover

The onmouseover property of the GlobalEventHandlers mixin is an EventHandler that processes mouseover events.

The mouseover event fires when the user moves the mouse over a particular element.

Syntax

element.onmouseover = function;

Example

This example adds an onmouseover and an onmouseout event to a paragraph. Try moving your mouse over and out of the element.

HTML

<p>Test your mouse on me!</p>

JavaScript

const p = document.querySelector('p');
p.onmouseover = logMouseOver;
p.onmouseout = logMouseOut;

function logMouseOver() {
  p.innerHTML = 'MOUSE OVER detected';
}

function logMouseOut() {
  p.innerHTML = 'MOUSE OUT detected';
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'onmouseover' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
onmouseover	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support  

Full support

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