--- 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")}}