Events

Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.

afterscriptexecute Non-standard

Fired when a static <script> element finishes executing its script

beforescriptexecute Non-standard

Fired when a static <script> is about to start executing.

securitypolicyviolation

Fired when a content security policy is violated.

scroll

Fired when the document view or an element has been scrolled.

visibilitychange

Fired when the content of a tab has become visible or has been hidden.

wheel

Fired when the user rotates a wheel button on a pointing device (typically a mouse).


Animation events

animationcancel

Fired when an animation unexpectedly aborts.

animationend

Fired when an animation has completed normally.

animationiteration

Fired when an animation iteration has completed.

animationstart

Fired when an animation starts.


Clipboard events

copy

Fired when the user initiates a copy action through the browser's user interface.

cut

Fired when the user initiates a cut action through the browser's user interface.

paste

Fired when the user initiates a paste action through the browser's user interface.


Drag & drop events

drag

Fired every few hundred milliseconds as an element or text selection is being dragged by the user.

dragend

Fired when a drag operation is being ended (by releasing a mouse button or hitting the escape key).

dragenter

Fired when a dragged element or text selection enters a valid drop target.

dragleave

Fired when a dragged element or text selection leaves a valid drop target.

dragover

Fired when an element or text selection is being dragged over a valid drop target (every few hundred milliseconds).

dragstart

Fired when the user starts dragging an element or text selection.

drop

Fired when an element or text selection is dropped on a valid drop target.


Fullscreen events

fullscreenchange

Fired when the Document transitions into or out of fullscreen mode.

fullscreenerror

Fired if an error occurs while attempting to switch into or out of fullscreen mode.


Keyboard events

keydown

Fired when a key is pressed.

keypress Deprecated

Fired when a key that produces a character value is pressed down.

keyup

Fired when a key is released.


Load & unload events

DOMContentLoaded

Fired when the document has been completely loaded and parsed, without waiting for stylesheets, images, and subframes to finish loading.

readystatechange

Fired when the readyState attribute of a document has changed.


Pointer events

gotpointercapture

Fired when an element captures a pointer using setPointerCapture().

lostpointercapture

Fired when a captured pointer is released.

pointercancel

Fired when a pointer event is canceled.

pointerdown

Fired when a pointer becomes active.

pointerenter

Fired when a pointer is moved into the hit test boundaries of an element or one of its descendants.

pointerleave

Fired when a pointer is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element.

pointerlockchange

Fired when the pointer is locked/unlocked.

pointerlockerror

Fired when locking the pointer failed.

pointermove

Fired when a pointer changes coordinates.

pointerout

Fired when a pointer is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element (among other reasons).

pointerover

Fired when a pointer is moved into an element's hit test boundaries.

pointerup

Fired when a pointer is no longer active.


Selection events

selectionchange

Fired when the current text selection on a document is changed.


Touch events

touchcancel

Fired when one or more touch points have been disrupted in an implementation-specific manner (for example, too many touch points are created).

touchend

Fired when one or more touch points are removed from the touch surface.

touchmove

Fired when one or more touch points are moved along the touch surface.

touchstart

Fired when one or more touch points are placed on the touch surface.


Transition events

transitioncancel

Fired when a CSS transition is canceled.

transitionend

Fired when a CSS transition has completed.

transitionrun

Fired when a CSS transition is first created.

transitionstart

Fired when a CSS transition has actually started.