On 2/25/11, Anne van Kesteren <ann...@opera.com> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:05:44 +0100, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitc...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> OK. Why not expose a generic version of `fire` to the scripting >> environment? > > I do not know of any research (or have done any myself) as to how often > such a feature might be useful for authors. While firing an event is > currently a series of steps (using proposed optional arguments): > > var e = document.createEvent("Event") > e.initEvent("test") > dispatchEvent(e) > > ... it is not hugely complicated. (We could even make the argument to > createEvent optional too and default it to "Event".) I could imagine > having something like EventTarget.fireEvent(name) but if you want to get a > little beyond the basics you will remain stuck with creating the event > yourself. > Your example is simple. But some common cases of synth events are complicated. UI Events aren't so bad but MouseEvents and especially TouchEvents are a lot of work to synthesize.
Most cases for synth events are for testing -- feature test or unit test. EventTarget.fireEvent(type[, options]); -- Garrett