web api interface
EventTarget
Available in workers
The EventTarget interface is implemented by objects that can receive events and may have listeners for them.
In other words, any target of events implements the three methods associated with this interface.
Element, and its children, as well as Document and Window, are the most common event targets,
but other objects can be event targets, too.
For example IDBRequest, AudioNode, and AudioContext are also event targets.
Many event targets (including elements, documents, and windows) also support registering event handlers via onevent properties and attributes.
Constructor
EventTarget()- : Creates a new
EventTargetobject instance.
- : Creates a new
Instance methods
addEventListener()- : Registers an event handler of a specific event type on the
EventTarget.
- : Registers an event handler of a specific event type on the
removeEventListener()- : Removes an event listener from the
EventTarget.
- : Removes an event listener from the
dispatchEvent()- : Dispatches an event to this
EventTarget.
- : Dispatches an event to this
Specifications
SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.
Browser compatibility
Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.
See also
- Event index
- Introduction to events
Eventinterface