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1 <div xmlns:ext="http://www.extjs.com" class="body-wrap"><h1>Class <a href="source/EventManager.html#cls-Ext.EventObject">Ext.EventObject</a></h1><table cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="label">Package:</td><td class="hd-info">Ext</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Defined In:</td><td class="hd-info">EventManager.js</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Class:</td><td class="hd-info"><a href="source/EventManager.html#cls-Ext.EventObject">EventObject</a></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Extends:</td><td class="hd-info">Object</td></tr></table><div class="description">Just as <a href="output/Ext.Element.html" ext:cls="Ext.Element">Ext.Element</a> wraps around a native DOM node, Ext.EventObject\r
2 wraps the browser's native event-object normalizing cross-browser differences,\r
3 such as which mouse button is clicked, keys pressed, mechanisms to stop\r
4 event-propagation along with a method to prevent default actions from taking place.\r
5 <p>For example:</p>\r
6 <pre><code><b>function</b> handleClick(e, t){ <i>// e is not a standard event object, it is a Ext.EventObject\r</i>
7     e.preventDefault();\r
8     <b>var</b> target = e.getTarget(); <i>// same as t (the target HTMLElement)\r</i>
9     ...\r
10 }\r
11 <b>var</b> myDiv = <a href="output/Ext.html#Ext-get" ext:member="get" ext:cls="Ext">Ext.get</a>(<em>"myDiv"</em>);  <i>// get reference to an <a href="output/Ext.Element.html" ext:cls="Ext.Element">Ext.Element</a>\r</i>
12 myDiv.on(         <i>// <em>'on'</em> is shorthand <b>for</b> addListener\r</i>
13     <em>"click"</em>,      <i>// perform an action on click of myDiv\r</i>
14     handleClick   <i>// reference to the action handler\r</i>
15 );\r
16 <i>// other methods to <b>do</b> the same:\r</i>
17 Ext.EventManager.on(<em>"myDiv"</em>, <em>'click'</em>, handleClick);\r
18 Ext.EventManager.addListener(<em>"myDiv"</em>, <em>'click'</em>, handleClick);</code></pre><br><br><i>This class is a singleton and cannot be created directly.</i></div><div class="hr"></div><a id="Ext.EventObject-props"></a><h2>Public Properties</h2><div class="no-members">This class has no public properties.</div><a id="Ext.EventObject-methods"></a><h2>Public Methods</h2><table cellspacing="0" class="member-table"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="sig-header">Method</th><th class="msource-header">Defined By</th></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-getCharCode"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-getCharCode">getCharCode</a></b>()\r
19     :\r
20                                         Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Gets the character code for the event.</div><div class="long">Gets the character code for the event.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-getKey"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-getKey">getKey</a></b>()\r
21     :\r
22                                         Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Returns a normalized keyCode for the event.</div><div class="long">Returns a normalized keyCode for the event.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The key code</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-getPageX"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-getPageX">getPageX</a></b>()\r
23     :\r
24                                         Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Gets the x coordinate of the event.</div><div class="long">Gets the x coordinate of the event.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-getPageY"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-getPageY">getPageY</a></b>()\r
25     :\r
26                                         Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Gets the y coordinate of the event.</div><div class="long">Gets the y coordinate of the event.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-getRelatedTarget"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-getRelatedTarget">getRelatedTarget</a></b>()\r
27     :\r
28                                         HTMLElement<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Gets the related target.</div><div class="long">Gets the related target.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>HTMLElement</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-getTarget"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-getTarget">getTarget</a></b>(&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>String&nbsp;selector</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number/Mixed&nbsp;maxDepth</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Boolean&nbsp;returnEl</code>]</span>&nbsp;)\r
29     :\r
30                                         HTMLelement<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Gets the target for the event.</div><div class="long">Gets the target for the event.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>selector</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">(optional) A simple selector to filter the target or look for an ancestor of the target</div></li><li><code>maxDepth</code> : Number/Mixed<div class="sub-desc">(optional) The max depth to\r
31                 search as a number or element (defaults to 10 || document.body)</div></li><li><code>returnEl</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">(optional) True to return a Ext.Element object instead of DOM node</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>HTMLelement</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-getWheelDelta"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-getWheelDelta">getWheelDelta</a></b>()\r
32     :\r
33                                         Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Normalizes mouse wheel delta across browsers</div><div class="long">Normalizes mouse wheel delta across browsers<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The delta</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-getXY"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-getXY">getXY</a></b>()\r
34     :\r
35                                         Array<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Gets the page coordinates of the event.</div><div class="long">Gets the page coordinates of the event.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Array</code><div class="sub-desc">The xy values like [x, y]</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-preventDefault"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-preventDefault">preventDefault</a></b>()\r
36     :\r
37                                         void<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Prevents the browsers default handling of the event.</div><div class="long">Prevents the browsers default handling of the event.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li>void</li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-stopEvent"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-stopEvent">stopEvent</a></b>()\r
38     :\r
39                                         void<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Stop the event (preventDefault and stopPropagation)</div><div class="long">Stop the event (preventDefault and stopPropagation)<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li>void</li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-stopPropagation"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-stopPropagation">stopPropagation</a></b>()\r
40     :\r
41                                         void<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Cancels bubbling of the event.</div><div class="long">Cancels bubbling of the event.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li>void</li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Ext.EventObject-within"></a><b><a href="source/EventManager.html#method-Ext.EventObject-within">within</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Mixed&nbsp;el</code>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Boolean&nbsp;related</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<code>Boolean&nbsp;allowEl</code>&nbsp;)\r
42     :\r
43                                         Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Returns true if the target of this event is a child of el.  Unless the allowEl parameter is set, it will return false...</div><div class="long">Returns true if the target of this event is a child of el.  Unless the allowEl parameter is set, it will return false if if the target is el.\r
44 Example usage:<pre><code><i>// Handle click on any child of an element\r</i>
45         Ext.getBody().on(<em>'click'</em>, <b>function</b>(e){\r
46             <b>if</b>(e.within(<em>'some-el'</em>)){\r
47                 alert(<em>'Clicked on a child of some-el!'</em>);\r
48             }\r
49         });\r
50 \r
51         <i>// Handle click directly on an element, ignoring clicks on child nodes\r</i>
52         Ext.getBody().on(<em>'click'</em>, <b>function</b>(e,t){\r
53             <b>if</b>((t.id == <em>'some-el'</em>) && !e.within(t, true)){\r
54                 alert(<em>'Clicked directly on some-el!'</em>);\r
55             }\r
56         });</code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>el</code> : Mixed<div class="sub-desc">The id, DOM element or Ext.Element to check</div></li><li><code>related</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">(optional) true to test if the related target is within el instead of the target</div></li><li><code>allowEl</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">{optional} true to also check if the passed element is the target or related target</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">EventObject</td></tr></tbody></table><a id="Ext.EventObject-events"></a><h2>Public Events</h2><div class="no-members">This class has no public events.</div></div>