pointerdown
The pointerdown event is fired when a pointer becomes active. For mouse, it is fired when the device transitions from no buttons depressed to at least one button depressed. For touch, it is fired when physical contact is made with the digitizer. For pen, it is fired when the stylus makes physical contact with the digitizer.
General info
- Specification
- Pointer Events
- Interface
- PointerEvent
- Bubbles
- Yes
- Cancelable
- Yes
- Target
- Document, Element
- Default Action
- Varies: When the pointer is primary, all default actions of the
mousedown event.
Properties
| Property | Type | Description |
target Read only
| EventTarget | The event target (the topmost target in the DOM tree). |
type Read only
| DOMString | The type of event. |
bubbles Read only
| Boolean | Whether the event normally bubbles or not. |
cancelable Read only
| Boolean | Whether the event is cancellable or not. |
view Read only
| WindowProxy |
document.defaultView (window of the document) |
detail Read only
|
long (float) | 0. |
pointerId Read only
| long | A unique identifier for the pointer causing the event. |
width Read only
| double (float) | The width (magnitude on the X axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer. |
height Read only
| double (float) | The height (magnitude on the Y axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer. |
pressure Read only
| float | The normalized pressure of the pointer input in the range of 0 to 1, where 0 and 1 represent the minimum and maximum pressure the hardware is capable of detecting, respectively. |
tiltX Read only
| long (float) | The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of -90 to 90) between the Y-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the Y axis. |
tiltY Read only
| long (float) | The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of -90 to 90) between the X-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the X axis. |
pointerType Read only
| string | Indicates the device type that caused the event. Must be one of the strings mouse, pen or touch, or an empty string. |
isPrimary Read only
| boolean | Indicates if the pointer represents the primary pointer of this pointer type. |
Examples
// pointerdown event handler
target.addEventListener("pointerdown", function(ev) {
// Process the event
});
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
| Basic support | 55.0 |
(Yes) [1]
| 10 | 42 | No support |
| Feature | Android | Android Webview | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile | Chrome for Android |
| Basic support | No support | 55.0 | No support | No support | 10 | 42 | 55.0 | 55.0 |