Cases when pointerout and pointerleave are not triggered

### MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointercancel_event

### What specific section or headline is this issue about?

note

### What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

"Note: After the pointercancel event is fired, the browser will also send [pointerout](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerout_event) followed by [pointerleave](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointerleave_event)."

### What did you expect to see?

pointerout and pointerleave will not fire if the event is defined on window or document

### Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

_No response_

### Do you have anything more you want to share?

_No response_

### MDN metadata

Page report details

* Folder: `en-us/web/api/element/pointercancel_event`
* MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/pointercancel_event
* GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/api/element/pointercancel_event/index.md
* Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/a7265fc3effa7c25b9997135104370c057a65293
* Document last modified: 2025-09-25T16:11:52.000Z