Name
UIEvent.initUIEvent( ) — initialize the properties of a UIEvent object
Availability
DOM Level 2 Events
Synopsis
void initUIEvent(StringtypeArg
, booleancanBubbleArg
, booleancancelableArg
, AbstractViewviewArg
, longdetailArg
);
Arguments
-
typeArg
The event type.
-
canBubbleArg
Whether the event will bubble.
-
cancelableArg
Whether the event may be canceled with
preventDefault( )
.-
viewArg
The window in which the event occurred.
-
detailArg
The
detail
property for the event.
Description
This method initializes the view
and
detail
properties of this UIEvent and also the
type
, bubbles
, and
cancelable
properties inherited from the Event
interface. This method may be called only on newly created UIEvent
objects, before they have been passed to
EventTarget.dispatchEvent( )
.
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