kaaes · August 7, 2011 23:48
diff --git a/multiple-event-listeners-with-same-callback.html b/multiple-event-listeners-with-same-callback.html
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 <html>
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8" />

 <title>Binding the same event listeners more than once</title>
 	
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 <body>
  <p>As it appears, attaching the same callback for event more that once is not that easy.</p>
  <p>Passing the reference to the function more than once has no effect. It has to be different function each time the listener is created.</p>
  <p>It should be good news meaning it isn't so easy to kill the app with accidental recursive binding of events.</p>
  <p>Yet, somehow I manage to achieve it in YUI from time to time without putting any effort.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li class="clickable" tabindex="1">element 1</li>
  <li class="clickable" tabindex="2">element 2</li>
  <li class="clickable" tabindex="3">element 3</li>
  <li class="clickable" tabindex="4">element 4</li>
  </ul>

  <script type="text/javascript">
    var clickables = document.getElementsByClassName('clickable');
    
    function clickInteraction(evt) {
      evt.target.addEventListener('click', clickInteraction, false);
      console.log('Fired! ' + evt.type + ' ' + this.nodeName)
    }
    
    /* 
     * If we use reference to the function event will bind only once
     * even if I try to make it attach recursively in clickInteraction 
     */
    
    clickables[0].addEventListener('click', clickInteraction, false);
    
    
    /* 
     * If clickInteraction is called from anonymous function
     * event will be bound twice - the recursion stops in
     * clickInteraction as it uses reference to itself
     */
    
    clickables[1].addEventListener('click', function(evt) { clickInteraction.call(this, evt) }, false);
    
    /* 
     * This is brutal forcing of recursive click event listeners
     * by creating local function inside every click callback.
     * This works as I expected - every click causes additional listener
     * to be added 
     */
    
    clickables[2].addEventListener('click', function(evt) {
      (function clickInteraction(evt) {
       evt.target.addEventListener('click', clickInteraction, false);
       console.log('Fired! ' + evt.type + ' ' + this.nodeName)
      }).call(this, evt)
    }, false);
    
    /*
     * Just to compare with previous one - this works only
     * if local function shadows the global one - here recursion also
     * stops after second listener
     */
    
    clickables[3].addEventListener('click', function(evt) {
      (function(evt) {
        evt.target.addEventListener('click', clickInteraction, false);
        console.log('Fired! ' + evt.type + ' ' + this.nodeName)
      }).call(this, evt)
    }, false);

  </script>
 </body>
 </html>
	<!DOCTYPE html>

	<html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8" />

	<title>Binding the same event listeners more than once</title>

	</head>

	<body>
	<p>As it appears, attaching the same callback for event more that once is not that easy.</p>
	<p>Passing the reference to the function more than once has no effect. It has to be different function each time the listener is created.</p>
	<p>It should be good news meaning it isn't so easy to kill the app with accidental recursive binding of events.</p>
	<p>Yet, somehow I manage to achieve it in YUI from time to time without putting any effort.</p>

	<ul>
	<li class="clickable" tabindex="1">element 1</li>
	<li class="clickable" tabindex="2">element 2</li>
	<li class="clickable" tabindex="3">element 3</li>
	<li class="clickable" tabindex="4">element 4</li>
	</ul>

	<script type="text/javascript">
	var clickables = document.getElementsByClassName('clickable');

	function clickInteraction(evt) {
	evt.target.addEventListener('click', clickInteraction, false);
	console.log('Fired! ' + evt.type + ' ' + this.nodeName)
	}

	/*
	* If we use reference to the function event will bind only once
	* even if I try to make it attach recursively in clickInteraction
	*/

	clickables[0].addEventListener('click', clickInteraction, false);


	/*
	* If clickInteraction is called from anonymous function
	* event will be bound twice - the recursion stops in
	* clickInteraction as it uses reference to itself
	*/

	clickables[1].addEventListener('click', function(evt) { clickInteraction.call(this, evt) }, false);

	/*
	* This is brutal forcing of recursive click event listeners
	* by creating local function inside every click callback.
	* This works as I expected - every click causes additional listener
	* to be added
	*/

	clickables[2].addEventListener('click', function(evt) {
	(function clickInteraction(evt) {
	evt.target.addEventListener('click', clickInteraction, false);
	console.log('Fired! ' + evt.type + ' ' + this.nodeName)
	}).call(this, evt)
	}, false);

	/*
	* Just to compare with previous one - this works only
	* if local function shadows the global one - here recursion also
	* stops after second listener
	*/

	clickables[3].addEventListener('click', function(evt) {
	(function(evt) {
	evt.target.addEventListener('click', clickInteraction, false);
	console.log('Fired! ' + evt.type + ' ' + this.nodeName)
	}).call(this, evt)
	}, false);

	</script>
	</body>
	</html>