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delegate

A lightweight, dependency-free DOM event delegation library.

Installation

Install the library using npm:

npm install @muvon/delegate

Usage

Here's a simple example of how to use the @muvon/delegate library:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>@muvon/delegate Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <button class="js-button">Click me</button>

  <script type="module">
    import delegate from '@muvon/delegate';

    const d = delegate(document.body);

    d.on('click', '.js-button', (event, element) => {
      console.log('Button clicked!', element);
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

API

delegate(node)

Creates a new Delegate instance for the specified DOM node.

node: The DOM node to attach the delegate to (e.g., document.body).

Returns a Delegate instance.

Delegate Methods

on(event, selector, callback, useCapture)

Binds a new event listener to elements matching the selector.

event: The JavaScript event to listen for (e.g., 'click', 'keyup').
selector: A valid CSS selector string.
callback: The function to call when the event occurs. Receives event and element as arguments.
useCapture: (Optional) Whether to use event capturing. Default is false.

Return false from the callback to prevent default behavior and stop propagation.

off(event, selector)

Removes event listeners matching the specified event and selector.

event: The JavaScript event to remove.
selector: The CSS selector string to match.

Features

Lightweight and dependency-free
Supports event delegation for dynamically added elements
Works with both bubbling and capturing phases
Easy to use API

Browser Support

This library supports all modern browsers and IE11+.

License

MIT License

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

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0.1.0

1 year ago