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How to find out the actual event.target of touchmove javascript event?

I am trying to develop a simple drag/drop UI in my web application. An item can be dragged by …

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Find attached / bound events of an element using Chrome Development Tools / Firebug / IE Developer Toolbar

When inspecting a page's DOM, I would like to know the attached event(s) of an element quickly For example, …

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element.onload vs element.addEventListener("load",callbak,false)

What's the difference between addEventListener and onclick? var h = document.getElementById("a"); h.onclick = dothing1; h.addEventListener("click", dothing2); The …

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Catch scrolling event on overflow:hidden element

Any insights on how to catch a scrolling event on a element that has overflow:hidden? I would like to …

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Capture a div as an image

I have some div tags containing charts rendered by javascript. I want to export them in an image format by …

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Creating an element that can remove it self?

I'm building a lightbox as a school project, and I can't use jQuery. I've got an image. When you click …

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triggerHandler vs. trigger in jQuery

Out of curiosity -- what is the purpose of / use cases for jQuery's triggerHandler? As far as I can tell, …

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How do I create a custom event class in Javascript?

How do I create a custom event class similar to ActionScript? What I mean by that is a class that …

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Why does window.open(...).onunload = function () { ... } not work as I expect?

I want to be able to tell when a window that I open is closed by the user. This is …

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Server-Sent Events vs Polling

Is there a big difference (in terms of performance, browser implementation availability, server load etc) between HTML5 SSEs and straight …

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