addEventListener( )

Adds an event listener for the specified event type. This is a DOM Level 2 method.

Interface

ADOMHTMLElement (W3C DOM: EventTarget)

IDL definition
void addEventListener(DOMString type,
  ADOMNativeScript cScript,
  any arg,
  boolean useCapture
);
JavaScript synopsis
htmlelem.addEventListener(type,  cScript, useCapture)
C synopsis
void addEventListener(
  ADOMHTMLElement* htmlelem,
  ADOMString type,
  ADOMNativeScript* cScript,
  void* arg,
  PODSBoolean useCapture
);
Parameters
  • htmlelem   The ADOMHTMLElement object.

  • type   [in] The type of event; may be standard types, such as onClick, or user-defined types.

  • cScript   [in] Pointer to the listener script function.

  • arg   [in] An argument to pass to the listener script.

  • useCapture   [in] Not currently used; reserved for future implementation, so you must pass a boolean value here.

Returns

None

See also

removeEventListener( )