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Created May 23, 2012 13:08
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Creating custom DOM events
// Register for custom events
document.addEventListener("oncustom", function () {
console.log("fired!");
});
// Createcustom DOM events and fire
var evt = document.createEvent("Event");
evt.initEvent("oncustom", true, true);
document.dispatchEvent(evt)
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