HTML DOM onmouseover event

The DOM onmouseover event in HTML occurs when the mouse pointer is moved onto an element or its children.

Supported Tags: It supports All HTML elements, EXCEPT:

<base>
<bdo>
<br>
<head>
<html>
<iframe>
<meta>
<param>
<script>
<style>
<title>

Syntax:

In HTML:

<element onmouseover="myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onmouseover = function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("mouseover", myScript);

Example: In this example, we will see the use of DOM onmouseover event.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        DOM onmouseover event
    </title>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 id="hID">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>
        HTML DOM onmouseover event
    </h2>
  
    <script>
        document.getElementById(
            "hID").addEventListener(
                "mouseover", over);
        document.getElementById(
            "hID").addEventListener(
                "mouseout", out);
        function over() {
            document.getElementById(
                "hID").style.color = "green";
        }
        function out() {
            document.getElementById(
                "hID").style.color = "black";
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM onmouseover event are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Apple Safari
Opera

HTML DOM onmouseover event

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