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Add Event Listener

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Cross-browser implementation of element.addEventListener(). Simple, straightforward, and functional.

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addListener(window, 'load', myFunction);

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  1. // Cross-browser implementation of element.addEventListener()
  2. function addListener(element, type, expression, bubbling)
  3. {
  4. 	bubbling = bubbling || false;
  5.  
  6. 	if(window.addEventListener)	{ // Standard
  7. 		element.addEventListener(type, expression, bubbling);
  8. 		return true;
  9. 	} else if(window.attachEvent) { // IE
  10. 		element.attachEvent('on' + type, expression);
  11. 		return true;
  12. 	} else return false;
  13. }

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