Methods

This section describes event related methods, including those described in Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events.

In this section

Topic	Description
add	Creates a new a new DataTransferItem with the supplied data and adds it to the list.
addEventListener	Registers an event handler for the specified event type.
addPointer	Adds a contact on an element to an MSGesture object.
cancelBubble	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether an event should be stopped from propagating up from the current target.
clear	Removes all DataTransferItems in the list.
msConvertURL	Instructs the HTML paste operation on how to modify the src attribute that correspond to each file in the clipboardData.files collection.
createEvent	Creates a DOM event of the specified type.
createTouch	Creates a Touch object with the specified attributes.
createTouchList	Creates a TouchList array consisting of zero or more Touch objects. Calling this method with no arguments creates a TouchList array with no objects in it whose `length` is 0 (zero).
dispatchEvent	Sends an event to the current element.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
webkitGetAsEntry	Returns the WebKitEntry (representing a file or directory) associated with the DataTransferItem.
getAsFile	Returns the file associated with the DataTransferItem.
getAsString	Invokes the given callback function, passing it the DataTransferItem object string as an argument.
getCurrentPoint	Retrieves a PointerPoint object that provides basic info on the pointer associated with the event.
getIntermediatePoints	Retrieves a collection of PointerPoint objects that represent the pointer history from the last pointer event up to and including the current pointer event. Each PointerPoint in the collection provides basic info on the pointer associated with the event.
getModifierState	Queries the state of the specified modifier key.
initAnimationEvent	Initializes the values of an animation event.
initCloseEvent	Initializes the close event.
initCompositionEvent	Initializes a new text composition event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initCustomEvent	Initializes a new custom event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initDeviceMotionEvent	Used to create a DeviceMotionEvent event from JavaScript.
initDeviceOrientationEvent	Used to create a DeviceOrientationEvent from JavaScript.
initDragEvent	Initializes a new drag event.
initErrorEvent	Creates an Error Event that can be dispatched from a JavaScript client.
initEvent	Initializes a new generic event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initFocusEvent	Initializes a new focus event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initGestureEvent	Initializes a newly-created gesture event.
initKeyboardEvent	Initializes a new keyboard event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initMessageEvent	Initializes a new cross-document message (XDM) event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initMouseEvent	Initializes a new mouse event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initMouseWheelEvent	Initializes a new mouse wheel event that the createEvent method created. For the standards based method, see initWheelEvent. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initMSManipulationEvent	Used to create a manipulation event that can be called from JavaScript.
initMutationEvent	Initializes a new DOM mutation (modification) event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initPointerEvent	Used to create an PointerEvent from JavaScript.
initPopStateEvent	Initializes the properties of a PopStateEvent.
initProgressEvent	Initializes the value of a ProgressEvent object.
initTextEvent	Initializes a new text event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initTransitionEvent	Used to initialize the value of a TransitionEvent.
initUIEvent	Initializes a new user interface event that the createEvent method created. Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
initWheelEvent	Important As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/`initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information. Initializes a new mouse wheel event that the createEvent method created.
preventDefault	Cancels the default action of an event.
releasePointerCapture	Releases a pointer captured by an element (using the setPointerCapture method).
remove	Removes the specified DataTransferItem from the list.
removeEventListener	Removes an event handler that the addEventListener method registered.
setPointerCapture	Assigns a specified pointer to an element. This method is used to ensure that an element continues to receive pointer events even if the contact moves off the element.
stop	Stops and resets all ongoing gesture and inertia related events, and fires an onmsgestureend event on the target element.
stopImmediatePropagation	Prevents any further propagation of an event.
stopPropagation	Prevents propagation of an event beyond the current target.