Javascript DOM onmouseup Event via addEventListener() method

Introduction

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method: 

object.addEventListener("mouseup",
       myScript);

This example uses the addEventListener() method to attach a "mousedown" and "mouseup" event to a p element.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="demo">Click me.</p>

<script>
document.getElementById("demo").addEventListener("mousedown", mouseDown);
document.getElementById("demo").addEventListener("mouseup", mouseUp);

function mouseDown() {// w  ww.  j av a2  s  . c om
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The mouse button is held down.";
}

function mouseUp() {
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "You released the mouse button.";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>
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 Yes
Yes
MouseEvent
All HTML elements, EXCEPT:
<base>,
<bdo>,
<br>,
<head>,
<html>,
<iframe>,
<meta>,
<param>,
<script>,
<style>, and
<title>



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