The Event object

The event object gives you information about what event that occurs.

Event Object Examples

Example	IE 5.5	NN 4.7	NN 6.2
Which mouse button was clicked?	X
What are the coordinates of the cursor?	X
What is the unicode of the key pressed?	X
What are the horizontal and vertical coordinates of the cursor?	X
What are the coordinates of the cursor, relative to the screen?	X
What are the coordinates of the cursor?	X
Was the shift key pressed?	X
Which element was clicked?	X
Which eventype occured?	X

Properties

Property	Description
altKey	Returns whether the Alt key is pressed or not
button	Returns which mouse button is pressed
cancelBubble	Sets or retrieves whether the current should bubble up the hierarchy or not
clientX	Returns the x coordinate of the cursor
clientY	Returns the y coordinate of the cursor
ctrlKey	Returns whether the Ctrl key is pressed or not
dataFld	Returns the data column affected by the oncellchange event
fromElement	Returns the object that the cursor is exiting
keyCode	Sets or returns the Unicode of the key pressed
offsetX	Returns the horizontal coordinate of the cursor
offsetY	Returns the vertical coordinate of the cursor
propertyName	Returns the name of the property that has changed
reason	Returns the reason for completion for a data source object
recordset	Returns a recordset
repeat	Returns whether the event is to be repeated or not
returnValue	Sets or returns the value that will be returned from the event
screenX	Returns the x coordinate of the cursor, relative to the screen
screenY	Returns the y coordinate of the cursor, relative to the screen
shiftKey	Returns whether the Shift key is pressed or not
srcElement	Returns the object that fired the event
srcFilter	Returns the filter object that fired the onfilterchange event
srcUrn	Returns the universal resource name of the behavior that fired the event
toElement	Returns the object the user moves to
type	Returns the name of the eventtype
x	Returns the cursor's x coordinate
y	Returns the cursor's y coordinate

Collections

Collection	Description
bookmarks	A collection of Microsoft ADO bookmarks connected to the rows effected by the events
boundElements	A collection of all elements on a page which are bound to a data test

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