Rails spinoffs - Sep 2006 - Using my own event listeners

I prefer to use an event listener than putting the onclick between the
html tags. should i include the event listener code in the
prototype.js, effects.js or my own script.js?

i would prefer to put it in my own scripts.js but then i think it wont
know what effects i am referring to.

what do people usually do in this case?


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Using event-related attributes in the HTML is a "strong sin" anyway
(it''s *not* unobstrusive JS). The proper way to do that is to write
your own script (you don''t go putting custom stuff in libs, stef!), but
you have to wait until your DOM is loaded so as to be sure your
elements are available.  Here''s a typical excerpt:

[CODE]
// Code for your own event handlers, say mySubmitHandler and
toggleListDisplay.
// Both will receive an event object as first arg, that Event.xxx
methods can act on.

function bindEvents() {
    Event.observe(''myForm'', ''submit'',
mySubmitHandler);
    Event.observe(''myToggler'', ''click'',
toggleListDisplay);
}

Event.observe(window, ''load'', bindEvents);
[/CODE]

Easy as pie, rock safe.


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