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MouseEvent which Property

Example

Find out which mouse button that was pressed when a mouse event was triggered:

alert("You pressed button: " + event.which)

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Definition and Usage

The which property returns a number that indicates which mouse button was pressed when a mouse event was triggered.

This property is mostly used together with the onmousedown event.

Note: The values returned by this property are the same as those returned by the button property plus one.

Note: This property is read-only.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
which	1.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	5.0

Syntax

event.which

Technical Details

Return Value:	A Number, representing which mouse button that was pressed when the mouse event occured. Possible values: 0 : No button 1 : Left mouse button 2 : Wheel button or middle button (if present) 3 : Right mouse button Note: For a left-hand configured mouse, the return values are reversed.
DOM Version:	DOM Level 2 Events

Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: MouseEvent button Property

HTML DOM reference: MouseEvent buttons Property