Event Properties Table

Netscape Navigator 4 Event object properties

Property	Type	Description
.type	String	The type of event.
.target	String	The object that event refers to.
.layerX	Integer	The width of the object when the resize event was passed to it or the horizontal position of the cursor relative to the layer in which event occured. Same as x.
.layerY	Integer	The height of the object when the resize event was passed to it or the vertical position of the cursor relative to the layer in which event occured. Same as y.
.pageX	Integer	The horizontal position of the cursor relative to the page.
.pageY	Integer	The vertical position of the cursor relative to the page.
.screenX	Integer	The horizontal position of the cursor relative to the screen.
.screenY	Integer	The vertical position of the cursor relative to the screen.
.which	Integer	The mouse button the user pressed or the ASCII value of the key pressed.
.modifiers	String	The keys that were being held down during the mouse or key press. Possible values are ALT_MASK, CONTROL_MASK, SHIFT_MASK and META_MASK.
.data	Array of Strings	The URLs of objects dropped using the dragdrop event.

Internet Explorer 4 event object properties

Property	Type	Description
keyCode	Integer	The ASCII value of the key pressed.
fromElement	String	The focused element before an onmouseover or onmouseout event.
toElement	String	The focused element after an onmouseover or onmouseout event.
button	Integer	The mouse button pressed that caused event.
cancelBubble	Boolean	If true, stops event from bubbling up the document hierarchy.
srcElement	String	The deepest element that event occured on.
x	Integer	The horizontal co-ordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the window. Returns false (-1) if the pointer is outside the window.
y	Integer	The vertical co-ordinate of the mouse pointer relative to the window. Returns false (-1) if the pointer is outside the window.
shiftKey	Boolean	Returns true if the Shift key was pressed during event.
ctrlKey	Boolean	Returns true if the Control key was pressed during event.
altKey	Boolean	Returns true if the Alt key was pressed during event.
returnValue	Boolean	Used to specify a return value for event.

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