Set the mouse status as a variable

[MartinWeb]

Hello. Does anyone know how to set if the mouse status is up or down as a variable? Something like-

var mousestatus = ?;
if(mousestatus=="up"){

}
if(mousestatus=="down"){

}

I do know how to use onmouseup and onmousedown, but they will not work for my problem. Thank you for any help.

[daveVk]

if event object if visible then

mouseUp = (event.button==0); // none of mouse buttons pressed

[MartinWeb]

Can you explain further? I am not quite sure what you mean.

[daveVk]

If the code you are writing is within an event handler, eg. on####=myCode, then an event object is available. event.button tells you which mouse button(s) are pressed, 0 equals no buttons pressed.

Getting the event object is browser dependent
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Show the context in which you are doing this, if you need more help.