events.Event

An object which allows the addition and removal of listeners for a browser event.

Type

Values of this type are objects.

Methods

events.Event.addListener(): Registers an event listener callback to an event.
events.Event.removeListener(): Deregisters an event listener callback from an event.
events.Event.hasListener(): Tests registration status of a listener.
events.Event.hasListeners(): Tests whether any listeners are registered to the event.
events.Event.addRules(): Registers rules to handle events.
events.Event.getRules(): Returns currently registered rules.
events.Event.removeRules(): Unregisters currently registered rules.

Browser compatibility

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Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.events API. This documentation is derived from events.json in the Chromium code.

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