button Property

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Retrieves the mouse button pressed by the user.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ iWhichButton = ] event.button

Possible Values

iWhichButton

Integer that specifies one of the following values: 0 No button is pressed. 1 Left button is pressed. 2 Right button is pressed. 3 Left and right buttons are both pressed. 4 Middle button is pressed. 5 Left and middle buttons both are pressed. 6 Right and middle buttons are both pressed. 7 All three buttons are pressed.

The property is read-only with a default value of 0.

Remarks

This property is used with the onmousedown, onmouseup, and onmousemove events. For other events, it defaults to 0 regardless of the state of the mouse buttons.

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.	HTML N/A Scripting event