Name
Document.createEvent( ): create an Event object â DOM Level 2 Events:
Synopsis
Event createEvent(StringeventType
)
throws DOMException
Arguments
-
eventType
The name of the event module for which an Event object is desired. Valid event types are listed in the Description.
Returns
A newly created Event object of the specified type.
Throws
This method throws a DOMException with a code
of NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
if the implementation
does not support events of the requested type.
Description
This method creates a new event object of the type specified
by the eventType
argument. Note that the
value of this argument should not be the (singular) name of the
event interface to be created but instead should be the (plural)
name of the DOM module that defines that interface. The following
table shows the legal values for
eventType
and the event interface each
value creates:
eventType argument |
Event interface |
Initialization method |
HTMLEvents |
Event |
|
MouseEvents |
MouseEvent |
|
UIEvents |
UIEvent |
|
After creating an Event object with this method, you must initialize the object with the initialization method shown in the table. See the appropriate Event interface reference page for details about the initialization method.
This method is actually defined not by the Document interface but by the DOM DocumentEvent interface. If an implementation supports the Events module, the Document object always implements the DocumentEvent interface and supports this ...
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