Open Bug 329124 Opened 19 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Document how event dispatching and retargeting work internally

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Events, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Events
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
REOPENED
Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: smaug, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: u=mozdev p=0 c=Platform) 

It should be documented somewhere how event retargeting actually works.
The bizarre thing in nsGenericElement::HandleDOMEvent, after bug 234455
nsGenericElement::PreHandleEvent.
"Document how event retargeting works" ->
"Document how event dispatching and retargeting work"
Summary: Document how event retargeting works → Document how event dispatching and retargeting work
Assignee: endico → nobody
Component: Mozilla Developer → Documentation Requests
Product: Documentation → Mozilla Developer Center
QA Contact: imajes → doc-request
Summary: Document how event dispatching and retargeting work → Document how event dispatching and retargeting work internally
Does anyone know how this works that could contribute some notes that could be turned into an article?
Component: Documentation Requests → Documentation
No.

Automatically closing all bugs that have not been updated in a while. Please reopen if this is still important to you and has not yet been corrected.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Reopening for review by Sheppy.
Assignee: nobody → eshepherd
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
Component: Documentation → General
Product: Mozilla Developer Network → Developer Documentation
Whiteboard: u=mozdev p=0
Component: General → Mozilla Platform
Whiteboard: u=mozdev p=0 → u=mozdev p=0 c=Platform
Internal documentation in no more in the scope of MDN
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago → 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Assignee: eshepherd → nobody
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: WONTFIX → ---
Component: Mozilla Platform → DOM: Events
Product: Developer Documentation → Core
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Severity: normal → S3
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