'onmousedrag' event js

Question

I have some code that works each time onmouseclick and continuously onmousemove when I set them accordingly. I am looking for a way to combine the two (i.e. like a click and

Answer 1

If you don't want to use global variable for dragging, you can use event.buttons for determining which mouse button is pressed.

I tested this code in Chrome and Firefox.

document.onmousemove = function(event) {
    if(event.buttons == 1) { //dragged with left mouse button
        //your code
    }

    if(event.buttons > 0) { //dragged with any mouse button
        //your code
    }
}