addEventListener in Internet Explorer

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What is the equivalent to the Element Object in Internet Explorer 9   if   Element prototype addEventListener        Element prototype addEventListener   function                How does it works in Internet Explorer   If there s a function equal to addEventListener and I don t know  explain please    Any help would be appreciated  Feel free to suggest a completely different way of solving the problem

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I m using this solution and works in IE8 or greater   if  typeof Element prototype addEventListener      undefined         Element prototype addEventListener   function  e  callback          e    on    e        return this attachEvent e  callback                And then    lt button class  click-me  gt Say Hello lt  button gt    lt script gt    document querySelectorAll   click-me   0  addEventListener  click   function          console log  Hello           lt  script gt    This will work both IE8 and Chrome  Firefox  etc

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addEventListener is the proper DOM method to use for attaching event handlers   Internet Explorer  up to version 8  used an alternate attachEvent method   Internet Explorer 9 supports the proper addEventListener method   The following should be an attempt to write a cross-browser addEvent function   function addEvent evnt  elem  func       if  elem addEventListener      W3C DOM       elem addEventListener evnt func false      else if  elem attachEvent       IE DOM       elem attachEvent  on  evnt  func           else      No much to do       elem  on  evnt    func

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As Delan said  you want to use a combination of addEventListener for newer versions  and attachEvent for older ones    You ll find more information about event listeners on MDN   Note there are some caveats with the value of  this  in your listener     You can also use a framework like jQuery to abstract the event handling altogether        someelementid   bind  click   function  event          etc      this  is whetver caused the event

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EDIT  I wrote a snippet that emulate the EventListener interface and the ie8 one  is callable even on plain objects  https   github com antcolag iEventListener blob master iEventListener js  OLD ANSWER  this is a way for emulate addEventListener or attachEvent on browsers that don t support one of those hope will help   function  w d             var         nc        nu          nr          t          a      addEventListener           n     a in w          c      nc    Event    n  nc        Listener      nc   Listener                 u     n  nu    attach    add    nu    add   attach            r     n  nr    detach   remove    nr    remove   detach         the evtf function  when invoked  return  attach  or  detach   Event  functions if we are on a new browser  otherwise add  add  or  remove   EventListener          function evtf whoe  return function evnt func capt  return this whoe   n   t   evnt split  on    1     t 0       on  evnt   func    n  amp  amp  capt   whoe indexOf  detach    lt  0   this setCapture     this removeCapture       capt           w nu   nc    Element prototype nu   nc    document nu   nc    evtf u c      add   attach Event Listener      w nr   nc    Element prototype nr   nc    document nr   nc    evtf r c      remove   detach Event Listener      window  document

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Here s something for those who like beautiful code   function addEventListener obj evt func       if   addEventListener  in window           obj addEventListener evt func  false         else if   attachEvent  in window    IE         obj attachEvent  on  evt func             Shamelessly stolen from Iframe-Resizer

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addEventListener is supported from version 9 onwards  for older versions use the somewhat similar attachEvent function

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John Resig  author of jQuery  submitted his version of cross-browser implementation of addEvent and removeEvent to circumvent compatibility issues with IE s improper or non-existent addEventListener   function addEvent  obj  type  fn       if   obj attachEvent         obj  e  type fn    fn      obj type fn    function   obj  e  type fn   window event         obj attachEvent   on  type  obj type fn         else     obj addEventListener  type  fn  false      function removeEvent  obj  type  fn       if   obj detachEvent         obj detachEvent   on  type  obj type fn         obj type fn    null      else     obj removeEventListener  type  fn  false        Source  http   ejohn org projects flexible-javascript-events

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I would use these polyfill https   github com WebReflection ie8   lt  -- if IE 8  gt  lt script   src    cdnjs cloudflare com ajax libs ie8 0 2 6 ie8 js   gt  lt  script gt  lt   endif -- gt

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