Brian Genisio wrote:
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> In IE, when an event occurs, as long as it returns true, and
> cancelBubble is not set, the event will bubble up through the elements
> in the DOM tree.
>
> Though, there is at least one event that does not bubble... the onLoad
> event.
>
> For instance:
> <BODY onLoad="alert('body onload')">
> <IMG src=img.gif onLoad="alert('img onload');">
> <SCRIPT>alert("TEST");</SCRIPT>
> </BODY>
>
> will show : "img onload", "test", "body onload".
>
> This prooves that the onLoad event did not bubble, even if true is
> returned and cancelBubble == false.
>
> Of course, this makes sense. Just because the image has loaded, does
> not mean that entire page has loaded.
>
> So, here is my question:
> In what other cases are events not bubbled? Is there a pattern? Or is
> this the only case?[/color]
For IE, check the docs at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...nce/events.asp
they tell you which events bubble.
For DOM compliant browsers, check the W3C DOM Events specification at
http://www.w3.org/DOM/, it also lists which events bubble.
--
Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/ 
non bubling events 
