HTMLElement: pointerover event

The pointerover event is fired when a pointing device is moved into an element's hit test boundaries.

Examples

Using addEventListener():

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

para.addEventListener('pointerover', (event) => {
  console.log('Pointer moved in');
});

Using the onpointerover event handler property:

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

para.onpointerover = (event) => {
  console.log('Pointer moved in');
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• gotpointercapture
• lostpointercapture
• pointerenter
• pointerdown
• pointermove
• pointerup
• pointercancel
• pointerout
• pointerleave
• onpointerover event handler property
• This event on Document targets: pointerover event