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DOM:window.releaseEvents

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[edit] Summary

Obsolete

Releases the window from trapping events of a specific type.

[edit] Syntax

window.releaseEvents(eventType) 

eventType is a combination of the following values: Event.ABORT, Event.BLUR, Event.CLICK, Event.CHANGE, Event.DBLCLICK, Event.DRAGDDROP, Event.ERROR, Event.FOCUS, Event.KEYDOWN, Event.KEYPRESS, Event.KEYUP, Event.LOAD, Event.MOUSEDOWN, Event.MOUSEMOVE, Event.MOUSEOUT, Event.MOUSEOVER, Event.MOUSEUP, Event.MOVE, Event.RESET, Event.RESIZE, Event.SELECT, Event.SUBMIT, Event.UNLOAD.

[edit] Example

window.releaseEvents(Event.KEYPRESS)

[edit] Notes

This method is obsolete as of Gecko 1.9, in favor of W3C DOM Events methods (see addEventListener). The support for this method has been removed from Gecko 1.9.

Note that you can pass a list of events to this method using the following syntax: window.releaseEvents(Event.KEYPRESS | Event.KEYDOWN | Event.KEYUP).

See also window.captureEvents (Obsolete).

[edit] Specification

DOM Level 0. Not part of any standard.