Tryit Editor v1.8

Source Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("div").mouseup(function(){
    $(this).after("<p style='color:green;'>Mouse button released.</p>");
  });
  $("div").mousedown(function(){
    $(this).after("<p style='color:purple;'>Mouse button pressed down.</p>");
  });
 });
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div>Press down and release the mouse button over this div element.</div>

</body>
</html>

Result:

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