2009/8/20 Tom Worster <f...@thefsb.org>: > > is there a way to set up a page so that a event handler function is bound to > a DOM object and event but it runs _after_ the browser's default action is > complete? >
No; the DOM Events specifications explicitly state that the event handling process occurs before the default action of the browser. For example, DOM Level 2 Events section 1.2.4 [1] states: "...the DOM implementation generally has a default action associated with the event. An example of this is a hyperlink in a web browser. When the user clicks on the hyperlink the default action is generally to active that hyperlink. *Before processing these events*, the implementation must check for event listeners registered to receive the event and dispatch the event to those listeners. These listeners then have the option of canceling the implementation's default action or allowing the default action to proceed." DOM Level 3 Events section 1.3 [2] is even more explicit: "The default actions *are not part of the DOM Event flow*. Before invoking a default action, the implementation must first dispatch the event as described in the DOM event flow." [my emphasis in both extracts] So I'm afraid your out of luck on that :-( [1] <http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Events-20001113/events.html#Events-flow-cancelation> [2] <http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-DOM-Level-3-Events-20031107/events.html#Events-flow-cancelation> (BTW, I'm curious as to why you would ever need to do this - I suspect that if you state the actual problem you're trying to solve, rather than the mechanism you thought might help you solve it, then somebody can probably suggest a different approach which will "Just Work".) Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Fitzsimons http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/
