The pointerdown
event is fired when a pointer becomes active. For mouse, it is fired when the device transitions from no buttons depressed to at least one button depressed. For touch, it is fired when physical contact is made with the digitizer. For pen, it is fired when the stylus makes physical contact with the digitizer.
Bubbles | Yes |
---|---|
Cancelable | Yes |
Interface | PointerEvent |
Event handler property | onpointerdown |
Examples
Using addEventListener()
:
document.addEventListener('pointerdown', (event) => { console.log('Pointer down event'); });
Using the onpointerdown
event handler property:
document.onpointerdown = (event) => { console.log('Pointer down event'); };
Specifications
Specification | Status |
---|---|
Pointer Events | Obsolete |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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pointerdown event | Chrome Full support 55 | Edge
Full support
12
| Firefox
Full support
59
| IE
Full support
11
| Opera ? | Safari No support No | WebView Android Full support 55 | Chrome Android Full support 55 | Firefox Android
Full support
29
| Opera Android ? | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung 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
onpointerdown
event handler property.- This event on
HTMLElement
targets:pointerdown
event