The pointerleave event is fired when a pointing device is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element. For pen devices, this event is fired when the stylus leaves the hover range detectable by the digitizer.
| Bubbles | No |
|---|---|
| Cancelable | No |
| Interface | PointerEvent |
| Event handler property | onpointerleave |
Examples
Using addEventListener():
document.addEventListener('pointerleave', (event) => {
console.log('Pointer left element');
});
Using the onpointerleave event handler property:
document.onpointerleave = (event) => {
console.log('Pointer left element');
};
Specifications
| Specification | Status |
|---|---|
| Pointer Events | Obsolete |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pointerleave 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
gotpointercapturelostpointercapturepointeroverpointerenterpointerdownpointermovepointeruppointercancelpointeroutonpointerleaveevent handler property- This event on
HTMLElementtargets:pointerleaveevent
