HTML onmouseout Event Attribute
The HTML onmouseout event attribute works when the mouse pointer moves out of the specified element.
Syntax:
<element onmouseout = "script">
Attribute value: This attribute contains a single value script that works when the mouse moves out from the element.
Example: This example uses onmouseout event to display an alert message when the mouse moves out from the paragraph element.
HTML
< script > /* Script run when onmouseout event call */ function geeks() { alert("Mouse move out"); } </ script > < center > < h2 > onmouseout Event Attribute </ h2 > <!-- onmouseout event call here --> < p onmouseout = "geeks()" > Computer science portal </ p > </ center > |
Output:

Example 2: This example uses the onmouseout event to change the color of the text to yellow and the background color to black.
Javascript
<script> /* Script run when onmouseout event call */ function geeks() { document.getElementById( 'gfg' ).style.color= 'yellow' document.getElementById( 'gfg' ).style.backgroundColor= 'black' } </script> </head> <center> <h2> onmouseout Event Attribute </h2> <!-- onmouseout event call here --> <p id= "gfg" onmouseout= "geeks()" > Computer science portal </p> </center> |
Output:

We have a list of JavaScript onmouse events, to check those please go through the JavaScript onmouse events article.
Supported Tags: This attribute is supported by all HTML elements except <base>, <bdo>, <br>, <head>, <html>, <iframe>, <meta>, <param>, <script>, <style>, and <title>.
Supported Browser: The browser supported by onmouseout Event Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Internet Explorer 9
- Safari 1
- Firefox 6
- Opera 12.1
We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.
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