jQuery API Documentation

.mousedown()

Categories: Deprecated > Deprecated 3.3 | Events > Mouse Events

.mousedown( handler )Returns: jQueryversion deprecated: 3.3

Description: Bind an event handler to the "mousedown" event, or trigger that event on an element.

version added: 1.0.mousedown( handler )
- handler
  
  Type: Function( Event eventObject )
  
  A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
version added: 1.4.3.mousedown( [eventData ], handler )
- eventData
  
  Type: Anything
  
  An object containing data that will be passed to the event handler.
- handler
  
  Type: Function( Event eventObject )
  
  A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
version added: 1.0.mousedown()
- This signature does not accept any arguments.

This API is deprecated.

Instead of .mousedown( handler ) or .mousedown( eventData, handler ), use .on( "mousedown", handler ) or .on( "mousedown", eventData, handler ), respectively.

Instead of .mousedown(), use .trigger( "mousedown" ).