The following list contains events that you can react on in the paper:

- `cell:pointerdown` - triggered when a pointer is pressed on a cell. Takes `cellView`, `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `cell:pointermove` - triggered when a pointer is moved on a paper and `cell:pointerdown` was previously handled. Takes `cellView`, `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `cell:pointerup` - triggered when a pointer is released on a paper and `cell:pointerdown` was previously handled. Takes `cellView` and, `evt` as arguments.
- `cell:pointerdblclick` - triggered when the user double-clicks a cell. Takes `cellView`, `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `cell:pointerclick` - triggered when the user clicks a cell. Takes `cellView`, `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `cell:mouseover` - triggered when the user enters the cellView or its child element. Takes `cellView` and `evt` as arguments.
- `cell:mouseout` - triggered when the user leaves the cellView or its child element. Takes `cellView` and `evt` as arguments.
- `cell:mouseenter` - triggered when the user enters the cell view area. Takes `cellView` and `evt` as arguments.
- `cell:mouseleave` - triggered when the user leaves the cell view area. Takes `cellView` and `evt` as arguments.
- `link:mouseenter` - triggered when the user enters the link view area. Takes `cellView` and `evt` as arguments.
- `link:mouseleave` - triggered when the user leaves the link view area. Takes `cellView` and `evt` as arguments.
- `element:mouseenter` - triggered when the user enters the element view area. Takes `cellView` and `evt` as arguments.
- `element:mouseleave` - triggered when the user leaves the element view area. Takes `cellView` and `evt` as arguments.
- `blank:pointerdown` - triggered when a pointer is pressed on a blank area on the paper. Takes `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `blank:pointerdblclick` - triggered when the user double-clicks a blank area on the paper. Takes `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `blank:pointerclick` - triggered when the user clicks a blank area on the paper. Takes `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `cell:mousewheel` - triggered when the user turns their mousewheel while the cursor is over a cell in the paper. Takes `cellView`, `evt`, `x`, `y`, `delta` as arguments.
- `blank:mousewheel` - triggered when the user turns their mousewheel while the cursor is over the blank area of the paper. Takes `evt`, `x`, `y`, `delta` as arguments.
- `cell:contextmenu` - triggered when the user right-clicks a cell in the paper. Takes `cellView`, `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `blank:contextmenu` - triggered when the user right-clicks a blank area in the paper. Takes `evt`, `x` and `y` as arguments.
- `render:done` - triggered when the paper has finished rendering all the cell views in case async rendering is enabled.
- `cell:highlight` - triggered when `highlight()` method is called on either an element or a link. Note that this method is also called automatically when the user is reconnecting a link and the connection is valid (`validateConnection()` returns `true`) or if `embeddingMode` is enabled on the paper and the dragging element is above another element it could be dropped into (`validateEmbedding()` returns `true`). The handler for this event has the following signature: `function(cellView, el)`. The handler defaults to `function(cellView, el) { V(el).addClass('highlighted') }`. In other words, the `'higlighted'` CSS class is added and so you can style the highlighted element in CSS. If you want to use a different method for highlighting cells, call `paper.off('cell:highlight')` first to unregister the default handler and then `paper.on('cell:highlight', myHandler)` to register your own.
- `cell:unhighlight` - triggered when `unhighlight()` method is called on either an element or a link. See above the comments for `cell:highlight` event for further details.
- `link:connect` - triggered when a link is connected to a cell. Takes `linkView`, `evt`, `elementViewConnected`, `magnet`, `arrowhead` as arguments.
- `link:disconnect` - triggered when a link is disconnected from a cell. Takes `linkView`, `evt`, `elmentViewDisconnected`, `magnet`, `arrowhead` as arguments.

    paper.on('blank:pointerdown', function(evt, x, y) {
        alert('pointerdown on a blank area in the paper.')
    })