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gotpointercapture

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The gotpointercapture event is fired when a pointing device is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element. For pen devices, this event is fired when the stylus leaves the hover range detectable by the digitizer.

General info

Specification
Pointer Events
Interface
PointerEvent
Bubbles
No
Cancelable
No
Target
Document, Element
Default Action
None

Properties

Property Type Description
target Read only EventTarget The event target (the topmost target in the DOM tree).
type Read only DOMString The type of event.
bubbles Read only boolean Does the event normally bubble?
cancelable Read only boolean Is it possible to cancel the event?
view Read only WindowProxy document.defaultView (window of the document)
detail Read only long (float) 0.
pointerId Read only long A unique identifier for the pointer causing the event.
width Read only double (float) The width (magnitude on the X axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
height Read only double (float) The height (magnitude on the Y axis), in CSS pixels, of the contact geometry of the pointer.
pressure Read only float The normalized pressure of the pointer input in the range of 0 to 1, where 0 and 1 represent the minimum and maximum pressure the hardware is capable of detecting, respectively.
tiltX Read only long (float) The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of -90 to 90) between the Y-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the Y axis.
tiltY Read only long (float) The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of -90 to 90) between the X-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the X axis.
pointerType Read only string Indicates the device type that caused the event. Must be one of the strings mouse, pen or touch, or an empty string.
isPrimary Read only boolean Indicates if the pointer represents the primary pointer of this pointer type.

Examples

// gotpointercapture event handler
target.addEventListener("gotpointercapture", function(ev) {
  // Process the event
}, false);

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support Not supported (Yes) [1] 10 Not supported Not supported
Feature Android Android Webview Chrome for Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported 10 Not supported Not supported

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