Warning: Many methods used with createEvent
, such as initCustomEvent
, are deprecated. Use event constructors instead.
Creates an event of the type specified. The returned object should be first initialized and can then be passed to EventTarget.dispatchEvent
.
var event = document.createEvent('Event');
event.initEvent('build', true, true);
elem.addEventListener('build', function (e) {
}, false);
elem.dispatchEvent(event);
Event type strings suitable for passing to createEvent()
are listed in the DOM standard — see the table in step 2. Bear in mind that most event objects now have constructors, which are the modern recommended way to create event object instances.
Gecko supports some non-standard event object aliases, which are listed below.