[thelist] DOM - adding a function to a dynamically addedelement...

[Jeff Howden]

Pavel,

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> From: Pavel Dudrenov
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> First don't use setAttribute cuz' that wont work on IE.
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This simply isn't true.  setAttribute() works just fine in IE6+.

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> [...] or you can use addEventListener/attachEvent
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The use of addEventListener/attachEvent have the same limitations as
assigning a function to an even handler in the fashion of "object.eventname
= myFunction;".  However, more importantly, you immediately run into browser
compatibility issues requiring method support branching in your code.  I
would personally recommend that you avoid these techniques unless you
specifically need the ability to add scripting to an event handler an
unknown number of times and/or an unknown number of sources.

Jeff
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