HTML DOM onmousemove Event

Last Updated : 15 Jun, 2023

The DOM onmousemove event in HTML occurs when the pointer is moved over an element.

Supported Tags: It supports All HTML elements, EXCEPT:

<base>
<bdo>
<br>
<head>
<html>
<iframe>
<meta>
<param>
<script>
<style>
<title>

Syntax:

In HTML:

<element onmousemove="myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onmousemove = function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("mousemove", myScript);

Example: Using the addEventListener() method

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM onmousemove Event
    </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1 id="eleID">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <p id="demo"></p>
   
    <script>
        document.getElementById(
            "eleID").addEventListener(
                "mousemove", function (event) {
                    GFGfun(event);
                });
        function GFGfun(event) {
            alert("A computer science portal")
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>