--- title: MouseEvent.region slug: Web/API/MouseEvent/region tags: - API - Canvas - DOM Events - MouseEvent translation_of: Web/API/MouseEvent/region ---
The MouseEvent.region
read-only property returns the id of the canvas hit region affected by the event. If no hit region is affected, null
is returned.
var hitRegion = instanceOfMouseEvent.region
A {{domxref("DOMString")}} representing the id of the hit region.
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas> <script> var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"); var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"); ctx.beginPath(); ctx.arc(70, 80, 10, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false); ctx.fill(); ctx.addHitRegion({id: "circle"}); canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", function(event){ if(event.region) { console.log("hit region: " + event.region); } }); </script>
{{Compat("api.MouseEvent.region")}}