msthumbnailclick event

Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The msthumbnailclick event occurs when a user clicks a button or thumbnail icon in the taskbar.

This proprietary method is specific to Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.

Syntax

object.addEventListener("msthumbnailclick", handler, useCapture)

General info

Synchronous

No

Bubbles

No

Cancelable

No

Note

The onmsthumbnailclick event is available only to documents that are launched from a pinned site shortcut.

Parameters

pEvtObj [in]

Type: IHTMLEventObj

Pointer to an IHTMLEventObj interface for the current event.

Example

function thumbnailClickHandler(evt)
{
    alert ("Clicked button: " + evt.buttonID);
}
document.addEventListener('msthumbnailclick', thumbnailClickHandler);

Example 2

// Adds an overlay icon on your app pinned to the taskbar
window.external.msSiteModeSetIconOverlay(iconUri, toolTip);

// removes an overlay icon
window.external.msSiteModeClearIconOverlay();

// pinned icons on your taskbar can be instructed to trigger specific events on your site from the taskbar
// add an event
handlerdocument.addEventListener('msthumbnailclick', onButtonClicked, false);

// add the buttons
var btnPlay = window.external.msSiteModeAddThumbBarButton(iconUri, toolTip);

// refresh the taskbar
window.external.msSiteModeShowThumbBar();

// call a javascript function when the button is pressed
function onButtonClicked(e) {
   switch (e.buttonID) {
     case btnPlay: play();
     break;}
 }

See also