- From: Alexandre Rafalovitch <arafalov@socs.uts.EDU.AU>
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 20:10:32 +1000 (EST)
- To: www-html@w3.org
On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Arnaud Le Hors wrote: > E. Stephen Mack wrote: > > > > In the HTML 4.0 draft for scripts [1], there is this description > > of two intrinsic events: > > > > >onmouseover = script > > > The onmouseover event occurs when the pointing device is moved over > > > an element. This attribute may be used with most elements. > > > > The description of onmousemove, directly afterwards, is identical: > > > > >onmousemove = script > > > The onmousemove event occurs when the pointing device is moved over > > > an element. This attribute may be used with most elements. > > > > Is there any semantic difference between these two events? If not, the > > spec should say so, and I wonder why both events are included. If there > > is a different, the spec should define it. > > > > [1] scripts.html#h-9.2.1.4 > > You're right this is confusing. I changed this to: > > The onmouseover event occurs when the pointing device gets over an > element. This attribute may be used with most elements. > > The onmousemove event occurs when the pointing device is moved while it > is over an element. This attribute may be used with most elements. > So onmouseover is like mouseEnter? What about mouseExit then? Can you explain the sequence of events you expect an element will get when a mouse is just passing over it (as in enter at one end and leave at another)? Confused, Alex.
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