IE8 does not support addEventListener()
. It has it's own attachEvent()
which is similar so you have to check if addEventListener
is there and if not, use attachEvent()
.
IE8 also does not support .forEach()
on arrays. You can either install a shim (shown here) for it or use a regular for
loop to iterate through arrays (the old fashioned way).
This is a simple cross browser event function:
// add event cross browser
function addEvent(elem, event, fn) {
if (elem.addEventListener) {
elem.addEventListener(event, fn, false);
} else {
elem.attachEvent("on" + event, function() {
// set the this pointer same as addEventListener when fn is called
return(fn.call(elem, window.event));
});
}
}
So, instead of:
sub.addEventListener("change", fn);
You would use this:
addEvent(sub, "change", fn);
and it would work in both modern browsers and older versions of IE>
Here's a little more advanced version with more features:
// refined add event cross browser
function addEvent(elem, event, fn) {
// allow the passing of an element id string instead of the DOM elem
if (typeof elem === "string") {
elem = document.getElementById(elem);
}
function listenHandler(e) {
var ret = fn.apply(this, arguments);
if (ret === false) {
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
}
return(ret);
}
function attachHandler() {
// normalize the target of the event
window.event.target = window.event.srcElement;
// make sure the event is passed to the fn also so that works the same too
// set the this pointer same as addEventListener when fn is called
var ret = fn.call(elem, window.event);
// support an optional return false to be cancel propagation and prevent default handling
// like jQuery does
if (ret === false) {
window.event.returnValue = false;
window.event.cancelBubble = true;
}
return(ret);
}
if (elem.addEventListener) {
elem.addEventListener(event, listenHandler, false);
} else {
elem.attachEvent("on" + event, attachHandler);
}
}