Send mouse back/forward buttons to javascript

Web pages can now process mouse events (mousedown, auxclick, mouseup) for back and forward buttons on mice with five or more buttons. This allows back and forward mouse buttons to be prevented by applications that wish to override them. For example they may be useful for games.

Documentation

https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/191

Specification

Established standard

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Input

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

Chrome for desktop release 67
Chrome for Android release 67
Android WebView release 67
Opera release 54
Opera for Android release 54

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

Firefox: No public signals
Edge: No public signals
Safari: No public signals
Web Developers: Positive

Owner

dtapuska@chromium.org

Last updated on 2018-04-12