<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>This example uses the addEventListener() method to attach a "mousedown" and "mouseup" event to a p element.</p>
<p id="demo">Click me.</p>
<script>
document.getElementById("demo").addEventListener("mousedown", mouseDown);
document.getElementById("demo").addEventListener("mouseup", mouseUp);
function mouseDown() {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The mouse button is held down.";
}
function mouseUp() {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "You released the mouse button.";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>