detect listeners

[Michael Powe]

Hello,

Is there a way (in JS) to detect listeners on an element and identify
them? The purpose would be to selectively attach additional listeners
if certain conditions are met. For example, I want to attach
listenerA to links that go to PDFs and listenerB to links that go off
site. But, I don't want both A and B attached to offsite links that
point to PDFs.

I would like to be able to choose which to attach, so that
if (! ele has listenerA) attach listenerB. Or vice versa.

I have looked through my reference materials and googled but I don't
see anything that seems to answer this question.

Thanks.

mp
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[Jasen Betts]

On 2006-01-28, Michael Powe <mi**********@t rollope.org> wrote:

Hello,

Is there a way (in JS) to detect listeners on an element and identify
them? The purpose would be to selectively attach additional listeners
if certain conditions are met. For example, I want to attach
listenerA to links that go to PDFs and listenerB to links that go off
site. But, I don't want both A and B attached to offsite links that
point to PDFs.

I would like to be able to choose which to attach, so that
if (! ele has listenerA) attach listenerB. Or vice versa.

I have looked through my reference materials and googled but I don't
see anything that seems to answer this question.

listeners attached using HTML are anonymous functions in mozilla you can use
the .toSource method of the appropriate domObject.oneve nt to find their
content. myDiv.onclick.t osource()

Listners attached using domObject.onEve nt=functionName ;
are functions can be identified using ==

if( myDiv.onclick == functionName ) ...

Bye.
Jasen

[Martin Honnen]

Michael Powe wrote:

Is there a way (in JS) to detect listeners on an element and identify
them?

For those listeners added as attributes in the markup (e.g.
<input onclick="alert( event.type);" type="button" value="test">
) the element object has a property named oneventname (e.g.
inputObject.onc lick
) which is a function object (e.g.
if (typeof inputObject.onc lick == 'function')
)
For listeners added with W3C DOM Level 2 addEventListene r there is no
way to detect those listeners, you are supposed to keep track of that
yourself in your code.

DOM Level 3 adds a method hasEventListene rNS
<http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/events.html#Eve nts3-hasEventListene rNS>
but that is not a W3C recommendation, only a note. I don't know any
browser implementing that.
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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/