onmouseover not working in option

Asked Jul 06 '18 at 10:42

Active Jul 06 '18 at 11:17

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I have a simple example

<select>
  <option value="Hallo" onmouseover="alert('HAllo');">Value 1</option>
</select>

W3School says that the onmouseover Event is supported by the option tag as part of the standard event attributes in HTML. I am sure that it worked a few browser versions earlier but now no javascript is called.

It does not work with Vivaldi, chrome or firefox

NOTE: I do not use jquery. Thank you for not marking this question as a duplicate when the other linked question contains a technology I don't use.

edited Jul 06 '18 at 11:17

asked Jul 06 '18 at 10:42

Otis Ottington

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`W3School says that` Consider looking for a more trustworthy site, such as MDN. – CertainPerformance Jul 06 '18 at 10:45
check the below links , useful info [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2064011/select-option-hover-is-not-working-in-ie), [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4599975/html-select-box-options-on-hover) – Manpreet Matharu Jul 06 '18 at 10:45
So the "duplicate" says that I do have to use jquery? – Otis Ottington Jul 06 '18 at 10:59
This is not a duplicated question! – Reza Saadati Jul 06 '18 at 11:27
Thanks Reza Saadati. I already flagged CertainPerformance comment – Otis Ottington Jul 06 '18 at 11:33
@OtisOttington unfortunately, I cannot post an answer here but take a look at my code in JSFiddle. Most browsers do not support it as you already said but it works if the `size` of `select` is AT LEAST `2`. https://jsfiddle.net/RezaScript/p4t3rj85/47/ – Reza Saadati Jul 06 '18 at 12:32

onmouseover not working in option

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