Event

observe, stop_observing

Related

JavaScriptMVC's default Event functionality. This functionality should rarely be used. In place of registering event handlers directly, you are HIGHLY encouraged to create Controllers to handle event registration and callback in a very dry fassion. If you use other libraries like prototype or jQuery, their functionailty will be mapped to these functions.

Example

The following calls checkForm on the form element with id 'signinForm' being submitted.

Event.observe($('signinForm'), 'submit', checkForm);

Class Methods

observe

Event.observe(element, eventName, handler[, useCapture = false])

Registers an event handler on a DOM element.

stop_observing

Event.stopObserving(element, eventName, handler[, useCapture = false])

Unregisters an event handler.