

// http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2005/10/add-event/
function addEvent(element, type, handler) { 
 if (element.addEventListener) { 
 element.addEventListener(type, handler, false); 
 } else { 
 // assign each event handler a unique ID 
 if (!handler.$$guid) handler.$$guid = addEvent.guid++; 
 // create a hash table of event types for the element 
 if (!element.events) element.events = {}; 
 // create a hash table of event handlers for each element/event pair 
 var handlers = element.events[type]; 
 if (!handlers) { 
 handlers = element.events[type] = {}; 
 // store the existing event handler (if there is one) 
 if (element["on" + type]) { 
 handlers[0] = element["on" + type]; 
 } 
 } 
 // store the event handler in the hash table 
 handlers[handler.$$guid] = handler; 
 // assign a global event handler to do all the work 
 element["on" + type] = handleEvent; 
 } 
}; 
// a counter used to create unique IDs 
addEvent.guid = 1; 
function removeEvent(element, type, handler) { 
 if (element.removeEventListener) { 
 element.removeEventListener(type, handler, false); 
 } else { 
 // delete the event handler from the hash table 
 if (element.events && element.events[type]) { 
 delete element.events[type][handler.$$guid]; 
 } 
 } 
}; 
function handleEvent(event) { 
 var returnValue = true; 
 // grab the event object (IE uses a global event object) 
 event = event || fixEvent(((this.ownerDocument || this.document || this).parentWindow || window).event); 
 // get a reference to the hash table of event handlers 
 var handlers = this.events[event.type]; 
 // execute each event handler 
 for (var i in handlers) { 
 this.$$handleEvent = handlers[i]; 
 if (this.$$handleEvent(event) === false) { 
 returnValue = false; 
 } 
 } 
 return returnValue; 
}; 
function fixEvent(event) { 
 // add W3C standard event methods 
 event.preventDefault = fixEvent.preventDefault; 
 event.stopPropagation = fixEvent.stopPropagation; 
 return event; 
}; 
fixEvent.preventDefault = function() { 
 this.returnValue = false; 
}; 
fixEvent.stopPropagation = function() { 
 this.cancelBubble = true; 
}; 
