JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/fireEvent
"fireEvent()" Example
<html>
<body>
<button onmouseover="this.fireEvent("onclick")"
onclick="alert("Hello");">
Fire onclick event
</button>
</body>
</html>
"fireEvent()" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <acronym> |
| |<address> <applet> |
| |<area> <b> |
| |<base> <basefont> |
| |<bdo> <bgsound> |
| |<big> <blockquote> |
| |<body> <br> |
| |<button> <caption> |
| |<center> <cite> |
| |<code> <col> |
| |<colgroup> <comment> |
| |<custom> <dd> |
| |<del> <dfn> |
| |<dir> <div> |
| |<dl> <dt> |
| |<em> <embed> |
| |<fieldset> <font> |
| |<form> <frame> |
| |<frameset> <head> |
| |<hn> <hr> |
| |<html> <i> |
| |<iframe> <img> |
| |<input type="button"> <input type="checkbox"> |
| |<input type="file"> <input type="hidden"> |
| |<input type="image"> <input type="password"> |
| |<input type="radio"> <input type="reset"> |
| |<input type="submit"> <input type="text"> |
| |<ins> <isindex> |
| |<kbd> <label> |
| |<legend> <li> |
| |<link> <listing> |
| |<map> <marquee> |
| |<menu> <nobr> |
| |<noframes> <noscript> |
| |<object> <ol> |
| |<option> <p> |
| |<plaintext> <pre> |
| |<q> <rt> |
| |<ruby> <s> |
| |<samp> <script> |
| |<select> <small> |
| |<span> <strike> |
| |<strong> styleSheet |
| |<sub> <sup> |
| |<table> <tbody> |
| |<td> <textarea> |
| |<tfoot> <th> |
| |<thead> <title> |
| |<tr> <tt> |
| |<u> <ul> |
| |<var> <wbr> |
| |<xml> <xmp> |
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"fireEvent()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
Note:
Fire event on the element.
Returns true (successful) or false (failed).
Syntax:
document.styleSheets[index].fireEvent(param1, param2)
document.all.elementID.fireEvent(param1, param2)
Parameters:
param1 Required; the name of the event.
param2 Optional; an existing event object to clone.