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Created October 3, 2013 07:56
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/**
* Cross Browser helper to addEventListener.
*
* @param {HTMLElement} obj The Element to attach event to.
* @param {string} evt The event that will trigger the binded function.
* @param {function(event)} fnc The function to bind to the element.
* @return {boolean} true if it was successfuly binded.
*/
var cb_addEventListener = function(obj, evt, fnc) {
// W3C model
if (obj.addEventListener) {
obj.addEventListener(evt, fnc, false);
return true;
}
// Microsoft model
else if (obj.attachEvent) {
return obj.attachEvent('on' + evt, fnc);
}
// Browser don't support W3C or MSFT model, go on with traditional
else {
evt = 'on'+evt;
if(typeof obj[evt] === 'function'){
// Object already has a function on traditional
// Let's wrap it with our own function inside another function
fnc = (function(f1,f2){
return function(){
f1.apply(this,arguments);
f2.apply(this,arguments);
}
})(obj[evt], fnc);
}
obj[evt] = fnc;
return true;
}
return false;
};
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