// written by Dean Edwards, 2005 // with input from Tino Zijdel // http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2005/10/add-event/ function addEvent(element, type, handler) { // assign each event handler a unique ID if (!handler.$$guid) handler.$$guid = addEvent.guid++; // create a hash table of event types for the element if (!element.events) element.events = {}; // create a hash table of event handlers for each element/event pair var handlers = element.events[type]; if (!handlers) { handlers = element.events[type] = {}; // store the existing event handler (if there is one) if (element["on" + type]) { handlers[0] = element["on" + type]; } } // store the event handler in the hash table handlers[handler.$$guid] = handler; // assign a global event handler to do all the work element["on" + type] = handleEvent; }; // a counter used to create unique IDs addEvent.guid = 1; function removeEvent(element, type, handler) { // delete the event handler from the hash table if (element.events && element.events[type]) { delete element.events[type][handler.$$guid]; } }; function handleEvent(event) { var returnValue = true; // grab the event object (IE uses a global event object) event = event || fixEvent(window.event); // get a reference to the hash table of event handlers var handlers = this.events[event.type]; // execute each event handler for (var i in handlers) { this.$$handleEvent = handlers[i]; if (this.$$handleEvent(event) === false) { returnValue = false; } } return returnValue; }; function fixEvent(event) { // add W3C standard event methods event.preventDefault = fixEvent.preventDefault; event.stopPropagation = fixEvent.stopPropagation; return event; }; fixEvent.preventDefault = function() { this.returnValue = false; }; fixEvent.stopPropagation = function() { this.cancelBubble = true; };