Javascript DOM onmouseup Event via HTML Tag onmouseup function

Introduction

In JavaScript:

object.onmouseup = function(){
       myScript};

This example uses the HTML DOM to assign an "onmousedown" and "onmouseup" event to a p element.

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

<script>
document.getElementById("demo").onmousedown = function() {mouseDown()};
document.getElementById("demo").onmouseup = function() {mouseUp()};

function mouseDown() {/*ww w  . j  av a  2  s  .  com*/
  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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