MonitorEvents
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Turns on logging for all or specific events dispatched to an object.
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[edit] Syntax
monitorEvents(object[, types])
[edit] Parameters
[edit] object
Object to log events for. (required)
[edit] types
Event type(s) to log. This can be a single event type or an array of event types. (optional)
Besides supporting all normal events Firebug and Web Inspector offer a bunch of event groups, which combine several event types.
[edit] Event groups
| Group | Included events in Firebug | Included events in Web Inspector |
|---|---|---|
composition | composition, compositionend, compositionstart | - |
contextmenu | contextmenu | - |
control | - | blur, change, focus, reset, resize, scroll, select, submit, zoom
|
drag | dragdrop, dragenter, dragexit, draggesture, dragover | - |
focus | blur, focus | - |
form | change, input, reset, selectsubmit | - |
key | keydown, keypress, keyup | keydown, keypress, keyup, textInput
|
load | abort, beforeunload, error, load, unload | - |
mouse | click, dblclick, mousedown, mousemove, mouseup, mouseout, mouseover | click, dblclick, mousedown, mousemove, mouseup, mouseout, mouseover, mousewheel
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mutation | DOMSubtreeModified, DOMNodeInserted, DOMNodeRemoved, DOMNodeRemovedFromDocument, DOMNodeInsertedIntoDocument, DOMAttrModified, DOMCharacterDataModified | - |
paint | paint, resize, scroll | - |
scroll | overflow, underflow, overflowchanged | - |
text | text | - |
touch | touchstart, touchend, touchmove, touchenter, touchleave, touchcancel (since Firebug 1.11) | touchstart, touchend, touchmove, touchcancel
|
ui | DOMActivate, DOMFocusIn, DOMFocusOut | - |
xul | popupshowing, popupshown, popuphiding, popuphidden, close, command, broadcast, commandupdate | - |
clipboard | cut, copy, paste | - |
[edit] Examples
monitorEvents(document.body)
This will monitor all events occurring to the <body> element.
monitorEvents(document.getElementsByTagName("input")[0], "keydown")
This will monitor all keydown events occurring to the first <input> element.
monitorEvents(document.getElementById("interactive"), "mouse")
This will monitor all mouse events (click, dblclick, mousedown, mousemove, mouseup, mouseout and mouseover) occurring to the element with the id interactive.
monitorEvents(document.getElementById("interactive"), ["mouse", "keyup", "keydown"])
This will monitor all mouse events (click, dblclick, mousedown, mousemove, mouseup, mouseout and mouseover) plus all keyup and keydown events occurring to the element with the id interactive.
