dispatchevent – Tarik Billa

“element.dispatchEvent is not a function” js error caught in firebug of FF3.0

April 3, 2023 by Tarik

are you using jquery and prototype on the same page by any chance? If so, use jquery noConflict mode, otherwise you are overwriting prototypes $ function. noConflict mode is activated by doing the following: <script src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/980697/jquery.js”></script> <script>jQuery.noConflict();</script> Note: by doing this, the dollar sign variable no longer represents the jQuery object. To keep from rewriting … Read more

dispatchEvent in Chrome but not in IE11

March 2, 2023 by Tarik

This is the best way to make it work for IE11 and other browsers with considering future changes. var event; if(typeof(Event) === ‘function’) { event = new Event(‘submit’); }else{ event = document.createEvent(‘Event’); event.initEvent(‘submit’, true, true); } $el.dispatchEvent(event);