JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

EventTarget — event listener registration methods

Availability

DOM Level 2 Events

Methods

addEventListener( )

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

dispatchEvent( )

Dispatches a synthetic event to this node.

removeEventListener( )

Removes an event listener from the set of listeners of this Document node.

Description

In DOM implementations that support events (i.e., those that support the “Events” feature), all nodes in the document tree implement this interface and maintain a set or list of event listener functions for each node. The addEventListener( ) and removeEventListener( ) methods allow listener functions to be added and removed from this set.

See Also

Event, EventListener; Chapter 19

Type of

Event.currentTarget, Event.target, MouseEvent.relatedTarget

Passed to

MouseEvent.initMouseEvent( )