The mousedown() method is an inbuilt method in jQuery. It works when left mouse button is pressed down and released over a HTML element. his method can accept only one parameter and this is optional.
Syntax:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>mouseup demo</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Press mouse and release here.</p>
<script>
$( "p" ).mouseup(function() {
$( this ).append( "<span style='color:#f00;'>Mouse up.</span>" );
})
$( "p" ).mousedown(function() {
$( this ).append( "<span style='color:#00f;'>Mouse down.</span>" );
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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