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# JavaScript HTML DOM Events

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HTML DOM allows JavaScript to react to HTML events.

## Example

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## Reacting to Events

A JavaScript can be executed when an event occurs, like when a user clicks on an HTML element.

To execute code when a user clicks on an element, add JavaScript code to an HTML event attribute:

onclick=JavaScript

Examples of HTML events:

- When a user clicks the mouse
- When a web page has loaded
- When an image has been loaded
- When the mouse moves over an element
- When an input field is changed
- When an HTML form is submitted
- When a user strokes a key

In this example, the content of the <h1> element is changed when a user clicks on it:

## Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1 onclick="this.innerHTML='Ooops!'">Click on this text!</h1>
</body>
</html>
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In this example, a function is called from the event handler:

## Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function changetext(id)
{
id.innerHTML="Ooops!";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1 onclick="changetext(this)">Click on this text!</h1>
</body>
</html>
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## HTML Event Attributes

To assign events to HTML elements you can use event attributes.

## Example

Assign an onclick event to a button element:

<button onclick="displayDate()">Try it</button>
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In the example above, a function named displayDate will be executed when the button is clicked.

## Assign Events Using the HTML DOM

The HTML DOM allows you to assign events to HTML elements using JavaScript:

## Example

Assign an onclick event to a button element:

<script>
document.getElementById("myBtn").onclick=function(){displayDate()};
</script>
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In the example above, a function named displayDate is assigned to an HTML element with the id="myBtn".

The function will be executed when the button is clicked.

## The onload and onunload Events

The onload and onunload events are triggered when the user enters or leaves the page.

The onload event can be used to check the visitor's browser type and browser version, and load the proper version of the web page based on the information.

The onload and onunload events can be used to deal with cookies.

## Example

<body onload="checkCookies()">
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## The onchange Event

The onchange event are often used in combination with validation of input fields.

Below is an example of how to use the onchange. The upperCase() function will be called when a user changes the content of an input field.

## Example

<input type="text" id="fname" onchange="upperCase()">
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## The onmouseover and onmouseout Events

The onmouseover and onmouseout events can be used to trigger a function when the user mouses over, or out of, an HTML element.

## Example

A simple onmouseover-onmouseout example:

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## The onmousedown, onmouseup and onclick Events

The onmousedown, onmouseup, and onclick events are all parts of a mouse-click. First when a mouse-button is clicked, the onmousedown event is triggered, then, when the mouse-button is released, the onmouseup event is triggered, finally, when the mouse-click is completed, the onclick event is triggered.

## Example

A simple onmousedown-onmouseup example:

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## More Examples

onmousedown and onmouseup
Change an image when a user holds down the mouse button.

onload
Display an alert box when the page has finished loading.

onfocus
Change the background-color of an input field when it gets focus.

Mouse Events
Change the color of an element when the cursor moves over it.

## HTML DOM Event Object Reference

For a list of all HTML DOM events, look at our complete HTML DOM Event Object Reference.

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