triggerEvent

Callable

• triggerEvent(el?: EventTarget, type: string, detail?: unknown): boolean

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• Small utility to trigger a custom event for a given EventTarget.

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  Parameters

  • el: EventTarget = eventTarget

    The element or EventTarget to trigger the event upon

  • type: string

    The event type name

  • detail: unknown = null

    The event detail to be sent

  Returns boolean

  false if event is cancelable and at least one of the event handlers which received event called Event.preventDefault(). Otherwise it returns true.