René's URL Explorer Experiment


Title: PointerEvent - Web APIs | MDN

Open Graph Title: PointerEvent - Web APIs | MDN

Description: The PointerEvent interface represents the state of a DOM event produced by a pointer such as the geometry of the contact point, the device type that generated the event, the amount of pressure that was applied on the contact surface, etc.

Open Graph Description: The PointerEvent interface represents the state of a DOM event produced by a pointer such as the geometry of the contact point, the device type that generated the event, the amount of pressure that was applied on the contact surface, etc.

Opengraph URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent

direct link

Domain: developer.mozilla.org

og:localeen_US
og:imagehttps://developer.mozilla.org/mdn-social-image.46ac2375.png
og:image:typeimage/png
og:image:height1024
og:image:width1024
og:image:altThe MDN logo
og:site_nameMDN Web Docs
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:creatorMozDevNet
position3

Links:

Skip to main contenthttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#content
Skip to searchhttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#search
MDN https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
HTML: Markup languagehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML
Elementshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements
Global attributeshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Global_attributes
Attributeshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Attributes
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference
Responsive imageshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Responsive_images
HTML cheatsheethttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Cheatsheet
Date & time formatshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Date_and_time_formats
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides
SVGhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG
MathMLhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/MathML
XMLhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML
CSS: Styling languagehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS
Propertieshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties
Selectorshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Selectors
At-ruleshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/At-rules
Valueshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference
Box modelhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Box_model/Introduction
Animationshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Animations/Using
Flexboxhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Flexible_box_layout/Basic_concepts
Colorshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Colors/Applying_color
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides
Column layoutshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/How_to/Layout_cookbook/Column_layouts
Centering an elementhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/How_to/Layout_cookbook/Center_an_element
Card componenthttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/How_to/Layout_cookbook/Card
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/How_to/Layout_cookbook
JavaScript: Scripting languagehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Standard built-in objectshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects
Expressions & operatorshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators
Statements & declarationshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements
Functionshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference
Control flow & error handinghttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Control_flow_and_error_handling
Loops and iterationhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Loops_and_iteration
Working with objectshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Working_with_objects
Using classeshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Using_classes
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide
Web APIs: Programming interfaceshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API
File system APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_System_API
Fetch APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API
Geolocation APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation_API
HTML DOM APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTML_DOM_API
Push APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Push_API
Service worker APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API
Using the Web animation APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Animations_API/Using_the_Web_Animations_API
Using the Fetch APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch
Working with the History APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History_API/Working_with_the_History_API
Using the Web speech APIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API/Using_the_Web_Speech_API
Using web workershttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Using_web_workers
All web technologyhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web
Accessibilityhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility
HTTPhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP
URIhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/URI
Web extensionshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions
WebAssemblyhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly
WebDriverhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver
See all…https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web
Mediahttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media
Performancehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Performance
Privacyhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy
Securityhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security
Progressive web appshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps
Learn web developmenthttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development
Getting started moduleshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Getting_started
Core moduleshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core
MDN Curriculumhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/curriculum/
Check out the video course from Scrimba, our partnerhttps://scrimba.com/frontend-path-c0j?via=mdn-learn-navbar
Structuring content with HTML modulehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core/Structuring_content
CSS styling basics modulehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core/Styling_basics
CSS layout modulehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core/CSS_layout
Dynamic scripting with JavaScript modulehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core/Scripting
Playgroundhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/play
HTTP Observatoryhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory
Border-image generatorhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Backgrounds_and_borders/Border-image_generator
Border-radius generatorhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Backgrounds_and_borders/Border-radius_generator
Box-shadow generatorhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Backgrounds_and_borders/Box-shadow_generator
Color format converterhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Colors/Color_format_converter
Color mixerhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Colors/Color_mixer
Shape generatorhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Shapes/Shape_generator
About MDNhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about
Advertise with ushttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/advertising
Communityhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/community
MDN on GitHubhttps://github.com/mdn
Bloghttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/
Webhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web
Web APIshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API
PointerEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
https://github.com/orgs/mdn/discussions/739
https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
https://developer.mozilla.org/fr/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
https://developer.mozilla.org/ja/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
https://developer.mozilla.org/ko/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
https://developer.mozilla.org/zh-CN/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
Learn more https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Baseline/Compatibility
See full compatibility https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#browser_compatibility
Event https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event
UIEvent https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/UIEvent
MouseEvent https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent
PointerEvent https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
Constructorshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#constructors
Instance propertieshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#instance_properties
Instance methodshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#instance_methods
Pointer event typeshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#pointer_event_types
Examplehttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#example
Specificationshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#specifications
Browser compatibilityhttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#browser_compatibility
See alsohttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#see_also
Constructorshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#constructors
PointerEvent()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/PointerEvent
Instance propertieshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#instance_properties
MouseEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent
Eventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event
PointerEvent.altitudeAnglehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/altitudeAngle
PointerEvent.azimuthAnglehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/azimuthAngle
PointerEvent.persistentDeviceIdhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/persistentDeviceId
PointerEvent.pointerIdhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/pointerId
PointerEvent.widthhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/width
PointerEvent.heighthttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/height
PointerEvent.pressurehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/pressure
PointerEvent.tangentialPressurehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/tangentialPressure
cylinder stresshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_stress
PointerEvent.tiltXhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/tiltX
PointerEvent.tiltYhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/tiltY
PointerEvent.twisthttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/twist
PointerEvent.pointerTypehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/pointerType
PointerEvent.isPrimaryhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/isPrimary
Instance methodshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#instance_methods
PointerEvent.getCoalescedEvents()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/getCoalescedEvents
pointermovehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointermove_event
PointerEvent.getPredictedEvents()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/getPredictedEvents
pointermovehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointermove_event
Pointer event typeshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#pointer_event_types
typehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event/type
preventDefault()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event/preventDefault
pointeroverhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerover_event
pointerenterhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerenter_event
pointerdownhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerdown_event
direct manipulationhttps://w3c.github.io/pointerevents/#dfn-direct-manipulation
implicit pointer capturehttps://w3c.github.io/pointerevents/#dfn-implicit-pointer-capture
element.releasePointerCapturehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/releasePointerCapture
pointermovehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointermove_event
pointerrawupdatehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerrawupdate_event
pointeruphttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerup_event
pointercancelhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointercancel_event
pointerouthttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerout_event
pointerleavehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerleave_event
gotpointercapturehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/gotpointercapture_event
lostpointercapturehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/lostpointercapture_event
Examplehttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#example
Specificationshttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#specifications
Pointer Events# pointerevent-interfacehttps://w3c.github.io/pointerevents/#pointerevent-interface
Browser compatibilityhttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#browser_compatibility
See alsohttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent#see_also
Touch eventshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Touch_events
GestureEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GestureEvent
touch-actionhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/touch-action
Learn how to contributehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/Community/Getting_started
MDN contributorshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/contributors.txt
View this page on GitHubhttps://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/api/pointerevent/index.md?plain=1
Report a problem with this contenthttps://github.com/mdn/content/issues/new?template=page-report.yml&mdn-url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fdocs%2FWeb%2FAPI%2FPointerEvent&metadata=%3C%21--+Do+not+make+changes+below+this+line+--%3E%0A%3Cdetails%3E%0A%3Csummary%3EPage+report+details%3C%2Fsummary%3E%0A%0A*+Folder%3A+%60en-us%2Fweb%2Fapi%2Fpointerevent%60%0A*+MDN+URL%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fdocs%2FWeb%2FAPI%2FPointerEvent%0A*+GitHub+URL%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmdn%2Fcontent%2Fblob%2Fmain%2Ffiles%2Fen-us%2Fweb%2Fapi%2Fpointerevent%2Findex.md%0A*+Last+commit%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmdn%2Fcontent%2Fcommit%2Fbec7ef59277e752985de0ee963c86f6e8e4b3400%0A*+Document+last+modified%3A+2025-06-25T18%3A43%3A22.000Z%0A%0A%3C%2Fdetails%3E
Pointer eventshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_events
PointerEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
PointerEvent()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/PointerEvent
altitudeAnglehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/altitudeAngle
azimuthAnglehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/azimuthAngle
heighthttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/height
isPrimaryhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/isPrimary
persistentDeviceIdhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/persistentDeviceId
pointerIdhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/pointerId
pointerTypehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/pointerType
pressurehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/pressure
tangentialPressurehttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/tangentialPressure
tiltXhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/tiltX
tiltYhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/tiltY
twisthttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/twist
widthhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/width
getCoalescedEvents()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/getCoalescedEvents
getPredictedEvents()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/getPredictedEvents
MouseEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent
UIEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/UIEvent
Eventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event
Element.hasPointerCapture()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/hasPointerCapture
Element.releasePointerCapture()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/releasePointerCapture
Element.setPointerCapture()https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/setPointerCapture
MouseEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent
MouseScrollEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseScrollEvent
Navigator.maxTouchPointshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/maxTouchPoints
WheelEventhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WheelEvent
Using Pointer Eventshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_events/Using_Pointer_Events
Multi-touch interactionhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_events/Multi-touch_interaction
Pinch zoom gestureshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_events/Pinch_zoom_gestures
MDNhttps://developer.mozilla.org/
https://github.com/mdn/
https://bsky.app/profile/developer.mozilla.org
https://x.com/mozdevnet
https://mastodon.social/@mdn
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/rss.xml
About https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about
Blog https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/
Mozilla careers https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/careers/listings/
Advertise with us https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/advertising
MDN Plus https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/plus
Product help https://support.mozilla.org/products/mdn-plus
MDN Community https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/community
Community resources https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/Community
Writing guidelines https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/Writing_guidelines
MDN Discord https://developer.mozilla.org/discord
MDN on GitHub https://github.com/mdn
Web technologies https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web
Learn web development https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development
Guides https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/Guides
Tutorials https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/Tutorials
Glossary https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary
Hacks blog https://hacks.mozilla.org/
Mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/
Website Privacy Noticehttps://www.mozilla.org/privacy/websites/
Telemetry Settingshttps://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/websites/data-preferences/
Legalhttps://www.mozilla.org/about/legal/terms/mozilla
Community Participation Guidelineshttps://www.mozilla.org/about/governance/policies/participation/
a Creative Commons licensehttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/MDN/Writing_guidelines/Attrib_copyright_license

Viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0

URLs of crawlers that visited me.