Event handler onmousedown (Bubbles: Yes, Cancelable: Yes) terjadi ketika tombol mouse dalam kondisi tertekan. Event handler ini valid untuk hampir semua elemen.
Berikut contoh meregister event handler onmousedown via 'inline model':
<A HREF="#" ONMOUSEDOWN="alert('Halo saya event handler')">Visit to X.com</A>
Berikut contoh meregister event handler onmousedown via 'traditional model':
<A HREF="#" ID="anchorID">Visit to X.com</A>
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
function HandleEvent()
{
alert('Halo saya event handler!');
}
document.getElementById("anchorID").onmousedown=HandleEvent;
</SCRIPT>
Berikut contoh meregister event handler onmousedown via DOM:
<A HREF="#" ID="anchorID">Visit to X.com</A>
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
function HandleEvent()
{
alert("Halo saya event handler!");
}
var anchorElem=document.getElementById("anchorID");
anchorElem.addEventListener("mousedown", HandleEvent, false);
</SCRIPT>
