Script Title: removeEvent
Programming Language: Java Script
Date Completed: 2012/08/15

Purpose: To easily remove an event listener with Java Script.

Description: Easily remove an event listener in Java Script for Mouse, Keyboard, Frame/Object and Form events. Cross browser design, includes flexible unified event naming convention, use event names or attribute naming scheme.

Compatibility: Works with all Web browsers.

Updated 2012/09/15: on/mousewheel now works with Firefox.

Method:

removeEvent ( element_obj, event_s, function_obj, [useCapture_b] );

Optional useCapture Boolean option for Gecko based Web browsers, see Mozilla for details. Default value is false.

Example Usage:

<div id=”myID”> hello world </div>

function myfunction() {
return true;
}

removeEvent ( window, “load”, myfunction );

Alternatively:

removeEvent ( window, “onload”, myfunction );

Example Usage 2:

var myDiv = document.getElementById(“myID”);

removeEvent ( myDiv, “onmouseover”, myfunction );

 

 

 

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