Great work learning to change content and styles! Now let's explore how web pages respond to user actions like clicks and key presses.
These user actions are called events—they're signals that fire when users interact with your page.
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What's one action you take on websites that might trigger an event?
Events happen constantly on web pages. Every time you click a button, move your mouse, or type on your keyboard, your browser is creating events.
Think of events as broadcast signals that tell JavaScript, "Hey, something just happened!"
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Can you think of an event that doesn't involve a mouse?
The most common event is click. It fires when someone clicks on an element with their mouse or taps it on a touch screen.
Buttons, links, images, and even regular text can all be set up to respond to click events.
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What elements on a typical website would you expect to be clickable?
Another useful event is mouseover. It happens when someone moves their mouse cursor over an element. mouseout happens when the cursor leaves.
This is perfect for creating hover effects, like highlighting a button or showing a tooltip when the cursor moves over it.
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How might a mouseover event improve user experience?
