onMouseIn, onMouseOut fields

Code field

Code carried out when the mouse pointer moves onto or off a tag.

Applies to...

• audio tag
• box tag
• button tag
• checkBox tag
• choiceBox tag
• clientFrame tag
• console tag instance
• ellipse tag
• img tag
• input tag
• line tag
• span tag
• table tag
• tabRow tag
• video tag

Sample usage

• <h:box onMouseIn=<h.backgroundColor {teal}> onMouseOut=<h.backgroundColor null> {Point at me}> highlights the box while the pointer is over it.

Behaviour

A code field: holds code to be carried out each time the event happens. Add code after the tag is created with .push.

onMouseIn is carried out when the pointer moves onto the tag, and onMouseOut when it moves off.

See also

• onMouseMove field
• Events in Depth (Programmer's Guide)