jQuery mousedown() Method (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The **jQuery mousedown() method is an inbuilt method that works when the left mouse button is pressed down over the selected element.

**Syntax:

$(selector).mousedown(function)

**Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter _function which is optional. It is used to specify the function to run when the mousedown event is called.

**Example 1: This example illustrates the mousedown() method in jQuery.

HTML `

<!-- jQuery code to show the working of this method -->
<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $("div").mousedown(function () {
            alert("Mouse left key was pressed");
        });
    });
</script>
<style>
    div {
        width: 200px;
        height: 40px;
        font-weight: bold;
        border: 2px solid green;
        padding: 20px;
    }
</style>

`

**Output:

**Example 2: In this example, we will change the background color by using the mousedown() method.

HTML `

<!-- jQuery code to show the working of this method -->
<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $("div").mousedown(function () {
            $("div").css(
                "background-color", "green");
        });
    });
</script>
<style>
    div {
        width: 200px;
        height: 40px;
        font-weight: bold;
        border: 2px solid black;
        padding: 20px;
    }
</style>

`

**Output:

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