removeEventListener method

Removes an event handler that the addEventListener method registered.

Syntax

Parameters

type [in]

Type: String

The event type that the event handler is registered for.

listener [in]

Type: Object

The event handler function to remove.

useCapture [in]

Type: Boolean

A Boolean value that specifies the event phase to remove the event handler from:

true (true)

Remove the capturing phase event handler.

false (false)

Remove the bubbling phase event handler.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

This method can return one of these values.

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification, Section 4.3

Remarks

If you register multiple identical event handlers for the same event type, the duplicate event handlers are discarded. You can remove only the first instance.

If the arguments for removeEventListener do not identify a registered event handler, the call to removeEventListener has no effect.

See also

document

TextNode

window

XMLHttpRequest

AudioTrackList

addEventListener

Build date: 11/29/2012