HTMLElement: pointerenter event

The pointerenter event fires when a pointing device is moved into the hit test boundaries of an element or one of its descendants, including as a result of a pointerdown event from a device that does not support hover (see pointerdown).

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface PointerEvent
Event handler property onpointerenter

Examples

Using addEventListener():

const para = document.querySelector('p');

para.addEventListener('pointerenter', (event) => {
  console.log('Pointer entered element');
});

Using the onpointerenter event handler property:

const para = document.querySelector('p');

para.onpointerenter = (event) => {
  console.log('Pointer entered element');
};

Specifications

Specification Status
Pointer Events Obsolete

Browser compatibility

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
pointerenter eventChrome Full support 55Edge Full support 12
Full support 12
No support 12 — 79
Alternate Name
Alternate Name Uses the non-standard name: mspointerenter
Firefox Full support 59
Full support 59
Full support 29
Disabled
Disabled From version 29: this feature is behind the dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.
IE Full support 11
Full support 11
Full support 10
Alternate Name
Alternate Name Uses the non-standard name: mspointerenter
Opera ? Safari No support NoWebView Android Full support 55Chrome Android Full support 55Firefox Android Full support 29
Disabled
Full support 29
Disabled
Disabled From version 29: this feature is behind the dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.
Opera Android ? Safari iOS No support NoSamsung Internet Android Full support 6.0

Legend

Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Compatibility unknown
Compatibility unknown
User must explicitly enable this feature.
User must explicitly enable this feature.
Uses a non-standard name.
Uses a non-standard name.

See also