initEvent

Summary

Initializes a new generic event that the createEvent method created.

 event.initEvent(eventType, canBubble, cancelable);

The name of the event. Sets the value for the type property.

Whether the event propagates upward. Sets the value for the bubbles property.

Whether the event is cancelable and so preventDefault can be called. Sets the value for the cancelable property.

No return value

The following code example creates a custom event that bubbles but cannot be canceled.

var evt = document.createEvent("Event");
evt.initEvent("custom", true, false);
document.getElementById('target').dispatchEvent(evt);

 Use this method before the   dispatchEvent method dispatches the event object, to set some properties of the event.

After the event is dispatched, its properties cannot be changed.