HTML DOM Level 2 Reference: EventTarget

Allows registration and removal of an EventListener on an EventTarget.

Browser/User Agent Support

IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
4.0+ 1.0+ 4.0+ 7.0+ 1.0+ no

IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
4.0+	1.0+	4.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

Constructors

Constructor IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
EventTarget Constructor
Allows registration and removal of an EventListener on an EventTarget.
4.0+ 1.0+ 4.0+ 7.0+ 1.0+ no

Constructor	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
EventTarget Constructor Allows registration and removal of an EventListener on an EventTarget.	4.0+	1.0+	4.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

Methods

Method IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
addEventListener
Adds an event listener to the set of event listeners for the node.
no 1.0+ no 7.0+ 1.0+ no

dispatchEvent
Dispatches an event created by Document.createEvent().
no 1.0+ 4.0+ 7.0+ 1.0+ no

removeEventListener
Removes an event listener from an event target.
no 1.0+ no 7.0+ 1.0+ no

Method	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
addEventListener Adds an event listener to the set of event listeners for the node.	no	1.0+	no	7.0+	1.0+	no

dispatchEvent Dispatches an event created by Document.createEvent().	no	1.0+	4.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

removeEventListener Removes an event listener from an event target.	no	1.0+	no	7.0+	1.0+	no

References

Event | EventListener

Availability

HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

Constructor Detail

EventTarget EventTarget()

Allows registration and removal of an EventListener on an EventTarget.

Visibility: internal

Method Detail

addEventListener(String type, EventListener listener, Boolean useCapture) : void

Adds an event listener to the set of event listeners for the node.

String type Type of event for the event listener.
EventListener listener Event listener function to be invoked.
Boolean useCapture Specify "true" to invoke the event listener during the capturing phase of event propagation. Specify "false" to invoke the event listener when the node is the event target or when the event bubbles up to the current node.

For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events/registration.html

See Also

Event | EventListener

Availability

HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

dispatchEvent(Event event) : Boolean

Dispatches an event created by Document.createEvent().

Event event Specifies Event object to be dispatched.

Throws

Raises an UNSPECIFIED_EVENT_TYPE_ERR error if the type of Event was not specified by initializing the event before calling dispatchEvent, or if the Event type was null or an empty string.

Availability

HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

removeEventListener(String type, EventListener listener, Boolean useCapture) : void

Removes an event listener from an event target.

String type Type of event.
EventListener listener Event listener to be removed.
Boolean useCapture Specify "true" to remove a capturing event listener. Specify "false" to remove all other types of event listeners.

For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events/registration.html

Availability

HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

String	type	Type of event for the event listener.
EventListener	listener	Event listener function to be invoked.
Boolean	useCapture	Specify "true" to invoke the event listener during the capturing phase of event propagation. Specify "false" to invoke the event listener when the node is the event target or when the event bubbles up to the current node.

String	type	Type of event.
EventListener	listener	Event listener to be removed.
Boolean	useCapture	Specify "true" to remove a capturing event listener. Specify "false" to remove all other types of event listeners.

EventTarget : Object

Browser/User Agent Support

Constructors

Methods

References

Availability

Constructor Detail

EventTarget EventTarget()

Method Detail

addEventListener(String type, EventListener listener, Boolean useCapture) : void

dispatchEvent(Event event) : Boolean

removeEventListener(String type, EventListener listener, Boolean useCapture) : void