addEventListener not working in IE8

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I have created a checkbox dynamically  I have used addEventListener to  call a function on click of the checkbox  which works in Google Chrome and Firefox but doesn t work in Internet Explorer 8  This is my code   var  checkbox   document createElement  input     checkbox addEventListener  click   setCheckedValues  false     setCheckedValues is my event handler

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Try   if   checkbox addEventListener         checkbox addEventListener  click   setCheckedValues  false     else        checkbox attachEvent  onclick   setCheckedValues       Update   For Internet Explorer versions prior to IE9  attachEvent method should be used to register the specified listener to  the EventTarget it is called on  for others addEventListener should be used

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This is also simple  crossbrowser solution   var addEvent    window attachEvent  window addEventListener  var event   window attachEvent    onclick     click   addEvent event  function        alert  Hello          Instead of  click  can be any event of course

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You have to use attachEvent in IE versions prior to IE9  Detect whether addEventListener is defined and use attachEvent if it isn t   if  checkbox addEventListener       checkbox addEventListener  click  setCheckedValues false   else      checkbox attachEvent  onclick  setCheckedValues                                 -- onclick  not click   Note that IE11 will remove attachEvent   See also    MDN  element addEventListener  Legacy Internet Explorer and attachEvent MSDN  attachEvent method

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You can use the below addEvent   function to add events for most things but note that for XMLHttpRequest if  el attachEvent  will fail in IE8  because it doesn t support XMLHttpRequest attachEvent   so you have to use XMLHttpRequest onload   function      instead   function addEvent el  e  f        if  el attachEvent            return el attachEvent  on  e  f             else           return el addEventListener e  f  false            var ajax   new XMLHttpRequest    ajax onload   function e

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IE doesn t support addEventListener until version 9  so you have to use attachEvent  here s an example   if   someElement addEventListener         checkbox attachEvent  onclick   setCheckedValues     else        checkbox addEventListener  click   setCheckedValues  false

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If you use jQuery you can write       checkbox   click  function  e      process event here

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if  document addEventListener        document addEventListener  click   attachEvent  false     else       document attachEvent  onclick   attachEvent     function attachEvent ev        var target   ev target    ev srcElement         custom code

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Mayb it s easier  and has more performance  if you delegate the event handling to another element  for example your table     idOfYourTable   on  click    input checkbox   function           in this way you will have only one event handler  and this will work also for newly added elements  This requires jQuery    1 7  Otherwise use delegate       idOfYourTable   delegate  input checkbox    click   function

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I ve opted for a quick Polyfill based on the above answers       Polyfill window addEventListener   window addEventListener    function  e  f    window attachEvent  on    e  f           Standard usage window addEventListener  message   function               false     Of course  like the answers above this doesn t ensure that window attachEvent exists  which may or may not be an issue

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