JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/releaseCapture
"releaseCapture()" Example
<!--
Example revised from
The Web Programmer"s Desk Reference
by Lazaro Issi Cohen and Joseph Issi Cohen
ISBN: 1593270119
Publisher: No Starch Press 2004
-->
<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function3() {
myX.innerHTML = window.event.offsetX;
myY.innerHTML = window.event.offsetY;
}
function function1() {
myDiv.setCapture();
}
function function2() {
myDiv.releaseCapture();
}
</script>
<p>
<b>X Coordinate:</b>
<span id="myX">0</span>
</p>
<p>
<b>Y Coordinate:</b>
<span id="myY">0</span>
</p>
<div id="myDiv"
onmousemove="function3();"
onclick="function2();"
style="border:solid; width:500; height:200;">
Click inside the box to disable mouse capture outside the box</div>
<button onclick="function1()">Set capture</button>
</body>
</html>
"releaseCapture()" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <address> |
| |<applet> <area> |
| |<b> <big> |
| |<blockquote> <body> |
| |<br> <button> |
| |<caption> <center> |
| |<cite> <code> |
| |<custom> <dd> |
| |<dfn> <dir> |
| |<div> <dl> |
| |document <dt> |
| |<em> <embed> |
| |<fieldset> <font> |
| |<form> <hn> |
| |<hr> <i> |
| |<img> <input type="button"> |
| |<input type="checkbox"> <input type="file"> |
| |<input type="hidden"> <input type="image"> |
| |<input type="password"> <input type="radio"> |
| |<input type="reset"> <input type="submit"> |
| |<input type="text"> <kbd> |
| |<label> <legend> |
| |<li> <listing> |
| |<map> <marquee> |
| |<menu> <nobr> |
| |<object> <ol> |
| |<option> <p> |
| |<plaintext> <pre> |
| |<s> <samp> |
| |<select> <small> |
| |<span> <strike> |
| |<strong> <sub> |
| |<sup> <table> |
| |<tbody> <td> |
| |<textarea> <tfoot> |
| |<th> <thead> |
| |<tr> <tt> |
| |<u> <ul> |
| |<var> <xmp> |
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"releaseCapture()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
Note:
Terminate mouse capture(set with the setCapture() method).
Syntax:
document.all.elementID.releaseCapture()