[SOLVED] Testing for mousedown

[phpknight]

If I am using mousemove, how do I test during the move whether the mousebutton is down or up?

[gevans]

var mouseDown = FALSE;
document.body.onmousedown = function() { 
  mouseDown = TRUE;
}
document.body.onmouseup = function() {
  mouseDown = FALSE;
}

 

That will set mouseDown to TRUE if it's down, or FALSE if up.

[Mardoxx]

don't you need to add an event handler first?

[haku]

He added two - document.body.onmousedown and document.body.onmouseup.

 

Although it may be worth setting them to run on pageload.

[Mardoxx]

I meant like captureEvents() or addEventListener()

[haku]

No, those aren't necessary.

 

 

[phpknight]

Thanks!