EventShim

A Basic Standards DOM Event API for IE8

EventShim adds support for addEventListener(), removeEventListener(), and standard Event object properties to IE8's event model.

Why

To write standards-based event code now in IE8 without using a library such as jQuery, MooTools, etc.

How

The right way: by modifying the DispEventObj's prototype, as well as the HTMLDocument and Element DOM interface prototypes. This approach allows you to "write once."

Quick Start

EventShim is easy to implement.

Step 1: Clone the repo

$ git clone [email protected]:jwmcpeak/EventShim

Step 2: Load the Script

<script src="eventShim.js"></script>

Notable API

The goal of EventShim is to make writing cross-browser event code painless and transparent. Naturally, it is impossible to replicate 100% of the DOM3 Event API in IE8, but the following lists the properties and methods added to the DispEventObj interface.

Properties

• bubbles
• defaultPrevented
• relatedTarget
• target

Methods

• preventDefault()
• stopPropagation()

EventShim also adds addEventListener() and removeEventListener() to the following objects and/or interfaces:

• window
• HTMLDocument
• Element

This covers all use-cases.

Notes

• There is no capture. It's IE, remember?