Question

The events that are directly tied to a specific input device are ____________

(a) Device-independent input events

(b) Device-dependent input events

(c) User interface events

(d) State change events

This question was posed to me in an online interview.

My question is based upon Handling Events topic in section Document Object Model and Event Handling in Javascript of JavaScript

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) Device-dependent input events

Easy explanation: These are events that are directly tied to a specific input device, such as the mouse or keyboard) They include legacy event types such as “mousedown”, “mousemove”, “mouseup”, “keydown”, “keypress”, and “keyup” and also new touch specific events like “touchmove” and “gesturechange”.