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window.releaseEvents()

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Releases the window from trapping events of a specific type.

Syntax

window.releaseEvents(Event.eventType)
 

Parameters

eventType is a string with one of the following values:

Abort	Load
Blur	MouseDown
Click	MouseMove
Change	MouseOut
DblClick	MouseOver
DragDrop	MouseUp
Error	Move
Focus	Reset
KeyDown	Resize
KeyPress	Select
KeyUp	Submit
	Unload

Example

window.releaseEvents(Event.KEYPRESS)

Notes

Note that you can pass a list of events to this method using the following syntax: window.releaseEvents(Event.KEYPRESS | Event.KEYDOWN | Event.KEYUP). Also note that the eventType parameter is case-insensitive, so you can also say, for example, window.releaseEvents(Event.KeyPress).

See also window.captureEvents().

Specification

DOM Level 0. Not part of specification.