Properties

acceptsActiveTarget :boolean source

Whether or not this target can accept user focus and become the activeTarget This matches up with the document.activeElement property purpose-wise; Events from components that should be dispatched as logically occurring at the point of user focus should be dispatched at the activeTarget

By default a target does not accept this responsibility.

Default Value:	false

isActiveTarget :boolean source

Whether or not this is the activeTarget

This is a getter and is not bindable. Bind to defaultEventManager.activeTarget == this.

nextTarget :Component source

Which target to distribute an event after this when distributing events throughout a graph of targets.

Methods

addEventListener(type, listener, useCapture) source

Adds an event listener to the object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
type	string	The event type to listen for.
listener	object | function	The listener object or function.
useCapture	boolean	Specifies whether to listen for the event during the bubble or capture phases.

didBecomeActiveTarget() source

Called after to this target became the activeTarget

dispatchEvent(event) source

Dispatches the specified event with this target as the event's proximal target

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
event	Event	The event object to dispatch

dispatchEventNamed(type, canBubble, cancelable, detail) source

Creates and dispatches an event with the specified properties with this target as the event's proximal target

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
type	string	The type of the event to dispatch
canBubble	boolean	Whether or not the event can bubble
cancelable	boolean	Whether or not the event can be cancelled
detail	Object	The optional detail object of the event

removeEventListener(type, listener, useCapture) source

Removes an event listener from the object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
type	string	The event type.
listener	object | function	The listener object or function.
useCapture	boolean	The phase of the event listener.

surrendersActiveTarget(newTarget) → {boolean} source

Ask this target to surrender its activeTarget status.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
newTarget	Target	the Target that is about to become the activeTarget

Returns: boolean

Whether or not to surrender activeTarget status

willBecomeActiveTarget(oldTarget) source

Called prior to this target becoming the activeTarget

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
oldTarget	Target	the current activeTarget

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