Web Standards Programmer's Reference: HTML, CSS, JavaScript®, Perl, Python®, and PHP

A.2. Event Attributes

The following section lists those attributes relevant to providing script hooks for responding to events such as page loading and mouse movement.

A.2.1. Standard Events

The standard event attributes that are supported by most elements:

Attribute	Triggered By
onclick	Pointer button was clicked.
ondblclick	Pointer button was double clicked.
onmousedown	Pointer button was pressed down.
onmouseup	Pointer button was released.
onmouseover	Pointer was moved into.
onmousemove	Pointer was moved within.
onmouseout	Pointer was moved away.
onkeypress	Key was pressed and released.
onkeydown	Key was pressed.
onkeyup	Key was released.

A.2.2. Other Events

Less-common event attributes:

Attribute	Triggered By
onload	Document has been loaded.
onunload	Document has been removed.
onblur	Element lost focus.
onfocus	Element gained focus.
onreset	Form was reset.
onsubmit	Form was submitted.
onchange	Form element value changed.
onselect	Text in a form field has been selected.