HTML DOM onmouseover event

The DOM onmouseover event in HTML occurs when the mouse pointer is moved onto an element or its children.

Supported Tags: It supports All HTML elements, EXCEPT:

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

Syntax:

In HTML:

<element onmouseover="myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onmouseover = function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("mouseover", myScript);

Example: In this example, we will see the use of DOM onmouseover event.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title>

        DOM onmouseover event

    </title>

</head>
 
<body>

    <h1 id="hID">

        GeeksforGeeks

    </h1>

    <h2>

        HTML DOM onmouseover event

    </h2>

    <script>

        document.getElementById(

            "hID").addEventListener(

                "mouseover", over);

        document.getElementById(

            "hID").addEventListener(

                "mouseout", out);

        function over() {

            document.getElementById(

                "hID").style.color = "green";

        }

        function out() {

            document.getElementById(

                "hID").style.color = "black";

        }

    </script>

</body>
 
</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM onmouseover event are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Apple Safari
Opera

Article Tags :

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Web Technologies

HTML-DOM

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