Method DispatchEvent

Namespace: SharpVectors.Dom.Events

Assembly: SharpVectors.Core.dll

DispatchEvent(IEvent)

This method allows the dispatch of events into the implementation's event model.

bool DispatchEvent(IEvent evt)

Parameters

evt IEvent: The event to be dispatched.

Returns

bool: Indicates whether any of the listeners which handled the event called IEvent.PreventDefault. If IEvent.PreventDefault was called the returned value is false, else it is true.

Remarks

The event target of the event is the IEventTarget object on which DispatchEvent is called.

Exceptions

EventException

UNSPECIFIED_EVENT_TYPE_ERR: Raised if the Event.type was not specified by initializing the event before dispatchEvent was called. Specification of the Event.type as null or an empty string will also trigger this exception.

DISPATCH_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the Event object is already being dispatched in the tree.