Sets or retrieves the mouse button pressed by the user.

Syntax

event.button [ = iWhichButton ]

Possible Values

iWhichButton

Integer that specifies or receives one of the following values. 0 Default. No button is pressed. 1 Left button is pressed. 2 Right button is pressed. 3 Left and right buttons are both pressed. 4 Middle button is pressed. 5 Left and middle buttons both are pressed. 6 Right and middle buttons are both pressed. 7 All three buttons are pressed.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of 0.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

The property is read-only in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0, and read/write in Internet Explorer 5 and later.

This property is used with the onmousedown, onmouseup, and onmousemove events. For other events, it defaults to 0 regardless of the state of the mouse buttons.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

	event