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JavaScript

Posted by jennyhan
jennyhan
36,121 Points

mouseleave vs mouseout ?

I saw there is another method "mouseout" which seems to be similar to "mouseleave". I have tried to replace the "mouseleave" by "mouseout" and the result was the same. So what is the difference between them?

1 Answer

Joseph Wasden
Joseph Wasden
20,407 Points
Joseph Wasden
Joseph Wasden
20,407 Points

Here's a decent explanation in the MDN documentation.

"The mouseleave event is fired when a pointing device (usually a mouse) is moved off the element that has the listener attached.

Similar to mouseout, it differs in that it doesn't bubble and that it isn't sent until the pointer has moved from its physical space and the one of all its descendants."

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/mouseleave