HTML DOM onmouseup Event

The HTML DOM onmouseup event occurs on the release of a pressed button on a mouse over an element.

Related events for left-click:

onmousedown
onmouseup
onclick

Related events for right-click:

onmousedown
onmouseup
oncontextmenu

Supported Tags: It supports All HTML elements, EXCEPT:

<base>
<bdo>
<br>
<head>
<html>
<iframe>
<meta>
<param>
<script>
<style>
<title>

Syntax:

In HTML:

<element onmouseup="myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onmouseup = function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("mouseup", myScript);

Example: In this example, we will use the HTML DOM onmouseup event.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM onmousedown Event
    </title>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color:green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2 id="try">
        HTML DOM onmousedown Event
    </h2>
    <script>
        document.getElementById(
            "try").addEventListener(
                "mousedown", btnpressed);
        document.getElementById(
            "try").addEventListener(
                "mouseup", btnup);
        function btnpressed() {
            document.getElementById(
                "try").innerHTML = "Button Pressed.";
        }
        function btnup() {
            document.getElementById(
                "try").innerHTML = "Button Released.";
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM onmouseup Event are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Apple Safari
Opera

HTML DOM onmouseup Event

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