Event Class
This is the base class for all event objects. The system
creates an Event object each time a listenable event occurs,
storing the details of what happened in properties of the
Event object. The Event object is passed as a parameter to
each event listener method registered for the event. For
example, when the user presses a key on the keyboard, the
system creates an Event object with properties describing
which key was pressed, then passes this object as a parameter
to each "keydown" event listener registered with the
mainWindow object.
There are several subclasses of Event used for specific
types of events. These all have the basic properties and
methods of the Event base class, and add their own
additional properties of their own that describe the
details of the specific type of event they represent.
See Event Types for a list
of the event-specific subtypes.
Common properties
All Event objects have a set of basic properties, regardless
of the event type.
- bubbles: A boolean indicating if the event "bubbles". Bubbling
is a concept from the Web browser event model, indicating if the event
is sent to parent HTML elements after being sent to the one where it
actually occurs. This doesn't currently apply to any PinballY objects,
so this property is always false, but it's included in the object for
the sake of familiarity and in case it becomes relevant in the future.
- cancelable: A boolean indicating if the event can be canceled.
If true, Event.preventDefault() can be used to stop the default system
action from occurring; if false, the system action will always occur
whether or not you call preventDefault(). (This is read-only; you can't
change it for a system event.)
- defaultPrevented: Returns true if preventDefault() has been called
on the event, false if not.
- timestamp: A number containing the Date.now() value when the
event was fired.
- type: A string with the name of the event ("keydown", "keyup", etc)
Common methods
All Event objects have a set of basic methods, regardless of
the event type.
-
preventDefault(): Call this method to tell the system to skip the
normal default processing for the event. This will have no effect unless
the event can be canceled, as indicated by the cancelable property.
-
stopPropagation(): Stop "bubbling" for the event. This prevents
the event from being dispatched to listeners in parent objects, if the
event bubbles from child to parent. This doesn't affect other event
listeners on the same target; use stopImmediatePropagation() to prevent
any other listeners from being called. No current
PinballY events use bubbling, so this currently has no effect.
-
stopImmediatePropagation(): Stop propagating the event to any
other listeners. This prevents any other listeners registered in the
same event target from being called after this listener returns. (Other
listeners that were already called before this listener was
invoked obviously aren't affected, as they can't be "un-called".)
If the event uses bubbling (dispatching the event to parent objects),
this also stops any parent object listeners from being called.