I think jQuery figured out a solution for this — care to do some research,
Mislav?
Cheers,
Andrew
On Apr 23, 2010, at 12:45 PM, Mislav Marohnić wrote:
> The "submit" event doesn't bubble up in Internet Explorer after it originates
> in a form. That makes it impossible to catch with event delegation:
>
> document.on("submit", function(e) { ... })
>
>
> Kangax wrote about a way we can detect even support without browser sniffing:
> http://perfectionkills.com/detecting-event-support-without-browser-sniffing/
> We have good custom events support, so we should be able to emulate submit
> event bubbling in IE. There are a couple of approaches:
>
>
> 1) Stick a real "submit" handler directly on each form and make it fire a
> custom "submit" event on the form's parent:
>
>
> $$('form').invoke('observe', 'submit', ...)
>
>
> Pros: easy.
> Cons: doesn't work with dynamically created (or inserted) forms, making this
> solution too brittle.
>
>
> 2) Forms can be submitted in two ways: clicking/tapping one of the submit
> buttons, or pressing Enter. Both of these events bubble, so we can detect
> where the submit originated from and fire a custom event from there.
>
>
> Pros: works with dynamically created forms.
> Cons: potentially complex solution. Unnecessary observing of all clicks and
> keypresses on the page?
>
>
> 3) Observe when a form element gains focus with "focusin" event, then stick a
> real submit handler to it which in turn fires the custom event.
>
>
> Pros: less complex than click/keypress.
> Cons: not sure if it's possible to submit a form without triggering a
> "focusin" event first, but if it is then this solution is brittle.
>
>
>
>
> I'll do more testing later. But right now, what are your opinions? Do you
> have any other ideas how we could hook into forms on the page and trigger
> custom "submit" events?
>
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