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public interface MouseEvent
The MouseEvent interface provides specific contextual 
 information associated with Mouse events.
 
The detail attribute inherited from UIEvent 
 indicates the number of times a mouse button has been pressed and 
 released over the same screen location during a user action. The 
 attribute value is 1 when the user begins this action and increments by 1 
 for each full sequence of pressing and releasing. If the user moves the 
 mouse between the mousedown and mouseup the value will be set to 0, 
 indicating that no click is occurring.
 
In the case of nested elements mouse events are always targeted at the most deeply nested element. Ancestors of the targeted element may use bubbling to obtain notification of mouse events which occur within its descendent elements.
See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification.
| Field Summary | 
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| Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.events.Event | 
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| AT_TARGET, BUBBLING_PHASE, CAPTURING_PHASE | 
| Method Summary | |
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|  boolean | getAltKey()Used to indicate whether the 'alt' key was depressed during the firing of the event. | 
|  short | getButton()During mouse events caused by the depression or release of a mouse button, buttonis used to indicate which mouse button 
 changed state. | 
|  int | getClientX()The horizontal coordinate at which the event occurred relative to the DOM implementation's client area. | 
|  int | getClientY()The vertical coordinate at which the event occurred relative to the DOM implementation's client area. | 
|  boolean | getCtrlKey()Used to indicate whether the 'ctrl' key was depressed during the firing of the event. | 
|  boolean | getMetaKey()Used to indicate whether the 'meta' key was depressed during the firing of the event. | 
|  EventTarget | getRelatedTarget()Used to identify a secondary EventTargetrelated to a UI 
 event. | 
|  int | getScreenX()The horizontal coordinate at which the event occurred relative to the origin of the screen coordinate system. | 
|  int | getScreenY()The vertical coordinate at which the event occurred relative to the origin of the screen coordinate system. | 
|  boolean | getShiftKey()Used to indicate whether the 'shift' key was depressed during the firing of the event. | 
|  void | initMouseEvent(String typeArg,
               boolean canBubbleArg,
               boolean cancelableArg,
               AbstractView viewArg,
               int detailArg,
               int screenXArg,
               int screenYArg,
               int clientXArg,
               int clientYArg,
               boolean ctrlKeyArg,
               boolean altKeyArg,
               boolean shiftKeyArg,
               boolean metaKeyArg,
               short buttonArg,
               EventTarget relatedTargetArg)The initMouseEventmethod is used to initialize the value 
 of aMouseEventcreated through theDocumentEventinterface. | 
| Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.events.UIEvent | 
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| getDetail, getView, initUIEvent | 
| Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.events.Event | 
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| getBubbles, getCancelable, getCurrentTarget, getEventPhase, getTarget, getTimeStamp, getType, initEvent, preventDefault, stopPropagation | 
| Method Detail | 
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int getScreenX()
int getScreenY()
int getClientX()
int getClientY()
boolean getCtrlKey()
boolean getShiftKey()
boolean getAltKey()
boolean getMetaKey()
short getButton()
button is used to indicate which mouse button 
 changed state. The values for button range from zero to 
 indicate the left button of the mouse, one to indicate the middle 
 button if present, and two to indicate the right button. For mice 
 configured for left handed use in which the button actions are 
 reversed the values are instead read from right to left.
EventTarget getRelatedTarget()
EventTarget related to a UI 
 event. Currently this attribute is used with the mouseover event to 
 indicate the EventTarget which the pointing device 
 exited and with the mouseout event to indicate the 
 EventTarget which the pointing device entered.
void initMouseEvent(String typeArg, boolean canBubbleArg, boolean cancelableArg, AbstractView viewArg, int detailArg, int screenXArg, int screenYArg, int clientXArg, int clientYArg, boolean ctrlKeyArg, boolean altKeyArg, boolean shiftKeyArg, boolean metaKeyArg, short buttonArg, EventTarget relatedTargetArg)
initMouseEvent method is used to initialize the value 
 of a MouseEvent created through the 
 DocumentEvent interface. This method may only be called 
 before the MouseEvent has been dispatched via the 
 dispatchEvent method, though it may be called multiple 
 times during that phase if necessary. If called multiple times, the 
 final invocation takes precedence.
typeArg - Specifies the event type.canBubbleArg - Specifies whether or not the event can bubble.cancelableArg - Specifies whether or not the event's default 
   action can be prevented.viewArg - Specifies the Event's 
   AbstractView.detailArg - Specifies the Event's mouse click count.screenXArg - Specifies the Event's screen x 
   coordinatescreenYArg - Specifies the Event's screen y 
   coordinateclientXArg - Specifies the Event's client x 
   coordinateclientYArg - Specifies the Event's client y 
   coordinatectrlKeyArg - Specifies whether or not control key was depressed 
   during the Event.altKeyArg - Specifies whether or not alt key was depressed during 
   the Event.shiftKeyArg - Specifies whether or not shift key was depressed 
   during the Event.metaKeyArg - Specifies whether or not meta key was depressed 
   during the Event.buttonArg - Specifies the Event's mouse button.relatedTargetArg - Specifies the Event's related 
   EventTarget.| 
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