Markup Languages: More Than HTML5 - Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML - page 89

Table 3-14. ( continued )

Attribute Runs the Script ...

onresize 13 When the browser window is resized

onstorage When loading

onunload When the user leaves the web page

The onreadystatechange Event Handler
The only event handler supported exclusively by the Document objects is onreadystatechange , which is triggered
every time the readyState changes which holds the status of the server response to our request.

Clipboard Event Handlers
The clipboard event handlers supported by HTML5 [43] are summarized in Table 3-15 .

Table 3-15. Clipboard Event Handlers in HTML5

Attribute Runs the Script...

oncopy When the user copies the content of an element

oncut

When the user cuts the content of an element

onpaste When the user pastes some content in an element

onbeforecopy When initiating a copy operation

onbeforecut When initiating a cut operation

onbeforepaste When initiating a paste operation

Touch Event Handlers
In HTML5 web applications, you can handle touch events from a mobile device or computer touchscreen by using
touch event handlers on the HTML5 canvas to capture the user's movements and allow them to draw on the canvas.
Table 3-16 summarizes the touch event handlers supported by HTML5 [44].

Table 3-16. Touch Event Handlers

Attribute Runs the Script When...

ontouchcancel

A touch point has been disrupted

ontouchend The user removes a touch point from the touch surface, or the touch point physically left the

touch surface

ontouchmove The user moves a touch point along the touch surface

ontouchstart The user places a touch point on the touch surface

13 Unlike all the other window event handlers, onresize is a global event handler which is supported by all HTML5 elements as
well as all Document and Window objects.