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pointerover

Summary

Dispatched when a pointing device is moved into the hit test boundaries of an element. Also dispatched prior to a pointerdown event for devices that do not support hover.

Overview Table

Synchronous Yes
Bubbles Yes
Target dom/Element
Cancelable Yes
Default action Varies: when the pointer is primary, all default actions of the [mouseover](/dom/MouseEvent/mouseover) event
## Examples
element.addEventListener("pointerover", handler, useCapture);

Related specifications

Pointer Events
Working Draft

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