Document: pointerover event

The pointerover event is fired when a pointing device is moved into an element's hit test boundaries.

Bubbles Yes
Cancelable Yes
Interface PointerEvent
Event handler property onpointerover

Examples

Using addEventListener():

document.addEventListener('pointerover', (event) => {
  console.log('Pointer moved in');
});

Using the onpointerover event handler property:

document.onpointerover = (event) => {
  console.log('Pointer moved in');
};

Specifications

Specification
Pointer Events
# the-pointerover-event

Browser compatibility

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pointerover_event
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See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/pointerover_event