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| JavaScript syntax: | N | myMouseEvent.initMouseEvent(aType, aBubble, aCancel, aView, aDetail, aScrnX, aScrnY, aClntX, aClntY, aCtrl, anAlt, aShift, aMeta, aButton, aRelTarg) | |||
| Argument list: | aType | A string value describing the event type | |||
| aBubble | A boolean flag indicating whether the event can bubble | ||||
| aCancel | A boolean flag indicating whether the event can be cancelled | ||||
| aView | A reference to an AbstractView object | ||||
| aDetail | A value describing the event detail | ||||
| aScrnX | A screen X coordinate value | ||||
| aScrnY | A screen Y coordinate value | ||||
| aClntX | A client X coordinate value | ||||
| aClntY | A client Y coordinate value | ||||
| aCtrl | A boolean value indicating the state of the control key | ||||
| anAlt | A boolean value indicating the state of the alt key | ||||
| aShift | A boolean value indicating the state of the shift key | ||||
| aMeta | A boolean value indicating the state of the meta key | ||||
| aButton | A numeric value indicating which button is being emulated | ||||
| aRelTarg | A reference to an EventTarget object | ||||
A new event object is manufactured by calling the DocumentEvent.createEvent() method. That event should have been defined with a type specified as "MouseEvent". If it was, then it will support an initMouseEvent() method. This must be called before the event is dispatched otherwise the event object will not contain enough information for the event dispatcher/handler to make sense of it and route it to the correct target objects.
Two boolean argument values define whether the event will be allowed to be cancelled and what type of propagation to use (bubble or capture).
The view argument refers to an AbstractView object which DOM level 2 describes and which may not yet be well supported by any browser.
The detail value can be used to pass context information into the event handling chain.
The screen and client coordinate values are measured in pixels and must be specified as numeric values.
Five boolean values then define the state of keyboard keys when the event was assumed to be triggered.
Finally a reference to a related target object is passed.
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