HTML DOM onmouseup Event

The HTML DOM onmouseup event occurs on the release of a pressed button on a mouse over an element.

Related events for left-click:

onmousedown
onmouseup
onclick

Related events for right-click:

onmousedown
onmouseup
oncontextmenu

Supported Tags: It supports All HTML elements, EXCEPT:

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

Syntax:

In HTML:

<element onmouseup="myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onmouseup = function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("mouseup", myScript);

Example: In this example, we will use the HTML DOM onmouseup event.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title>

        HTML DOM onmousedown Event

    </title>

</head>
 
<body>

    <h1 style="color:green">

        GeeksforGeeks

    </h1>

    <h2 id="try">

        HTML DOM onmousedown Event

    </h2>

    <script>

        document.getElementById(

            "try").addEventListener(

                "mousedown", btnpressed);

        document.getElementById(

            "try").addEventListener(

                "mouseup", btnup);

        function btnpressed() {

            document.getElementById(

                "try").innerHTML = "Button Pressed.";

        }

        function btnup() {

            document.getElementById(

                "try").innerHTML = "Button Released.";

        }

    </script>

</body>
 
</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM onmouseup Event are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Apple Safari
Opera

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Web Technologies

HTML-DOM

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