It looks like no one's covered the part of the current JavaScript DOM specification that gives you a mechanism to remove your event listener without using removeEventListener.

Feb 9, 2024 · Is there a way to add an event listener to an element the instant it loads on the page instead of waiting for the whole DOM to load? I'd rather not go back to using onclick="" within the …

192 I wanna write my own form validation javascript library and I've been looking on google how to detect if a submit button is clicked but all I found is code where you have to use onClick on …

Jan 15, 2009 · 1158 I have a page where some event listeners are attached to input boxes and select boxes. Is there a way to find out which event listeners are observing a particular DOM node and for …

Mar 11, 2016 · When a listener is added using addEventListener, the first argument passed to the function is an Event object, so it will be assigned to the e parameter (or whatever name is given to …

Jul 12, 2012 · Here is my problem: is it somehow possible to check for the existence of a dynamically attached event listener? Or how can I check the status of the "onclick" (?) property in the …

Semi-related, but this is for initializing one unique event listener specific per element. You can use the slider to show the values in realtime, or check the console.

How can I get an event (via window.addEventListener or something similar) when window.location.href changes on a page? I also need access to the DOM of the document pointing to the new/modified url.

Your code example lacks the important part of adding a listener, hence giving the false impression that somehow magically this is achieved by using document.createElement. You must attach the event …

Mar 22, 2010 · I have attached an event to a text box using addEventListener. It works fine. My problem arose when I wanted to trigger the event programmatically from another function. How can I do it?