[whatwg] Detecting eventListeners

[Mani]

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On May 24, 2012 6:35 PM, "Xavier Ho" <contact at xavierho.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We're working on a project that requires detection of registered event
> listeners.  Our targets are old-style "onclick" attribute bindings, events
> registered via "addEventListener" (and the IE equivalent), and other custom
> event libraries such as jQuery's.
>
> As far as we can tell, there is no way to determine if an element has an
> eventListener attached to it, created via "addEventListener".  There is a
> sure way to remove an event (via "removeEventListener"), but we want to
> enter some code path if and only if an element has an event registered,
> without altering its eventListener.  This is currently not possible.
>
> Many discussions about this topic has been raised in the past.  This
> Stackoverflow answer has a good summary:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7810534/have-any-browsers-implemented-the-dom3-eventlistenerlist
>
> As far as the author could tell, this feature was never implemented due to
> a lack of a use-case.  We have a use-case.  Could someone share some
> thoughts on this?
>
> We are also happy to hear workarounds, if anyone has previously encountered
> this issue and found a way.
>
> Cheers,
> Xav
>