- From: Mark Birbeck <mark.birbeck@x-port.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 16:02:06 -0000
- To: "'Anne van Kesteren'" <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Cc: <www-svg@w3.org>
Anne, > So SVG extends DOM events in such a way that non-Nodes can > become the target of an event? DOM Events has never mandated that it is only Nodes that can receive events. The thing that receives the event is the EventTarget, and it's certainly possible to use the EventTarget interface in other parts of a system, without it being attached to a Node. However, the EventTarget interface has no notion of hierarchy, so bubbling and capture behaviour arise from the EventTarget interfaces being attached to Nodes in a DOM. But even then, it does not mean that some other hierarchy could not be used, which could still take advantage of the concepts of bubbling and capture. I think the way round to look at it is this; EventTarget can exist independently of Node, but any Node on a DOM that supports DOM Events *must* support EventTarget. Regards, Mark Mark Birbeck CEO x-port.net Ltd. e: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 w: http://www.formsPlayer.com/ Download our XForms processor from http://www.formsPlayer.com/
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