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GlobalEventHandlers.onpointercancel

The onpointercancel property of the GlobalEventHandlers mixin is an event handler that processes pointercancel events.

Syntax

targetElement.onpointercancel = cancelHandler;

var cancelHandler = targetElement.onpointercancel;

Value

cancelHandler: The pointercancel event handler for element targetElement.

Example

This example shows two ways to use onpointercancel to handle an element's pointercancel events.

<html>
<script>
function cancelHandler(ev) {
  // Process the pointercancel event
}
function init() {
  var el = document.getElementById('target1');
  el.onpointercancel = cancelHandler;
}
</script>

<body onload="init();">
  <div id="target1"> Touch me ... </div>
  <div id="target2" onpointercancel="cancelHandler(event)"> Touch me ... </div>
</body>
</html>

Specifications

Specification
Pointer Events # dom-globaleventhandlers-onpointercancel

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`onpointercancel`	55	12 12-79	59	11 10	42	13	55	55	79	42	13	6.0