Binding and triggering native and custom events in Prototype

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I'm having a bit of issue with events in prototype.

I'm trying to bind and fire the native events: onhashchange, and onpopstate. As well as my custom events: statechange and anchorchange. All these events are for the window element.

Here's the code I've already tried with no luck:

Element.observe(window,eventName,eventHandler);
Element.fire(window,eventName);

Any help would be appreciated.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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You can only use fire for custom events.

Take a look at this question/answer. I think it solves your problem. It's certainly what we use.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Jan 26 '11 at 15:57

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Thanks, I used it as a basis for my answer :) – balupton Mar 12 '11 at 21:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '11 at 21:22

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I ended up coming up with this: https://gist.github.com/796871

Which allows a consistent API for custom and standard events.

answered Mar 12 '11 at 21:22

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Binding and triggering native and custom events in Prototype

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