UIEvent

dom/interfaces/events/nsIDOMUIEvent.idlScriptable

A basic event interface for all user interface events

Introduced

Gecko 1.0

Inherits from: nsIDOMEvent Last changed in Gecko 9.0 (Firefox 9.0 / Thunderbird 9.0 / SeaMonkey 2.6)

The DOM UIEvent represents simple user interface events.

Method overview

void initUIEvent(in DOMString typeArg, in boolean canBubbleArg, in boolean cancelableArg, in views::AbstractView viewArg, in long detailArg);

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`detail`	`long`	Detail about the event, depending on the type of event. Read only.
`view`	`views::AbstractView`	A view which generated the event. Read only.

Methods

initUIEvent

Initializes the UIEvent object.

void initUIEvent(
  in DOMString typeArg,
  in boolean canBubbleArg,
  in boolean cancelableArg,
  in views::AbstractView viewArg,
  in long detailArg
);

Parameters

typeArg: The type of UI event.
canBubbleArg: Whether or not the event can bubble.
cancelableArg: Whether or not the event can be canceled.
viewArg: Specifies the view attribute value. This may be null.
detailArg: Specifies the detail attribute value.

Specification

DOM 3 Events: UIEvent

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	(Yes)	(Yes)	?	?	?

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	(Yes)	?	?	?