JavaScript Event Handlers ​

Events are actions that the user preforms while visiting your page. Submitting a form and moving a mouse over an image are two examples of events. JavaScript deals with events using commands called event handlers. An action by the user on the page triggers an event handler in your script. Some common JavaScript event handlers are listed in the table below.

The object finished loading

Event

What it handles

onabort

The user aborted loading the page

onblur

The user laft the object

onchange

The user changed the object

onclick

The user clicked an object

onerror

The script encountered an error

onfocus

The user made an object active

onload

onmouseover

The cursor moved over an object

onmouseout

The cursor moved off an object

onselect

The user selected the contents of an object

onsubmit

The user submitted a form

onunload

The user left the page