Events

• event handlers: interact with the user.
• An event handler is a script that executes when the user invokes an event.
• keyboard, mouse, load events.
• Syntax: eventHandler="script", where
• eventHandler is the name of the event handler, and
• script is the script to execute.
• Note, these scripts are often one line, but can be multiple lines if you use the semicolon, and can call functions in other parts of the document.
• events are associated with objects in the Document Object Model, covered earlier.
• onMouseOver works with the <a href> tag, for example, which is a link object.
• Proper capitalization is important!
• on - always lower case
• MouseOver - propercase the following words.

Internet II: Day 4