Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

EVENT — NN n/a IE 4 HTML n/a

Synopsis

EVENT=”eventName"

Optional

Internet Explorer 4’s event model allows binding of object events to SCRIPT elements with the help of the EVENT and FOR attributes. As the page loads, the browser registers each SCRIPT element with its event and object binding so that when the object generates the event, the script statements inside the SCRIPT element execute—without having to write event handlers for the objects or wrap the script statements inside function definitions. Event values are written either as unquoted event names or as quoted event names formatted as functions (with trailing parentheses and optional parameter names). Use this type of script-event binding only in Internet Explorer. Navigator attempts to execute the script statements while the page loads.

Example

<SCRIPT FOR=window EVENT=onresize>
...
</SCRIPT>

Value

Case-sensitive event name (unquoted) or the event name as a function inside a quote pair. The object described in the FOR attribute must support the event named in the EVENT attribute.

Default

None.

Object Model Reference

IE

[window.]document.all.elementID.event