mouseout

Summary

Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object.

Overview Table

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	Yes
Target	dom/Element
Cancelable	No
Default action	none

## Examples

This example uses the onmouseout event to apply a new style to an object.

<body>
<p onmouseout="this.style.color='black';"
    onmouseover="this.style.color='red';">
Move the mouse pointer over this text to change its color.
Move the pointer off the text to change the color back.
</p>
</body>

This example shows how to swap images on mouse events.

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function flipImage(url)
{
    if (window.event.srcElement.tagName == "img" )
    {
        window.event.srcElement.src = url;
    }
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Move the mouse over the image to see it switch.</p>
<p>
<img src="/workshop/graphics/prop_ro.png"
    onmouseover="flipImage('/workshop/graphics/prop_rw.png');"
    onmouseout="flipImage('/workshop/graphics/prop_ro.png');">
</p>
</body>

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Notes

Remarks

When the user moves the mouse over an object, one onmouseover event occurs, followed by one or more onmousemove events as the user moves the mouse pointer within the object. One onmouseout event occurs when the user moves the mouse pointer out of the object. Initiates any action associated with this event. To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Move the mouse pointer out of an object.

Syntax

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: ****IHTMLEventObj****

Attributions

Mozilla Developer Network : [mouseout event Article]
Microsoft Developer Network: [mouseout event Article]