new EventTarget()

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 7](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line7)

EventTarget is a class that can have the same API as the DOM EventTarget. It adds shorthand functions that wrap around lengthy functions. For example: the on function is a wrapper around addEventListener.

See:

• EventTarget Spec

Methods

addEventListener()

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 75](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line75)

An alias of EventTarget#on. Allows EventTarget to mimic the standard DOM API.

• See:

  • EventTarget#on

dispatchEvent()

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 175](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line175)

An alias of EventTarget#trigger. Allows EventTarget to mimic the standard DOM API.

• See:

  • EventTarget#trigger

off(type, fn)

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 88](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line88)

Removes an event listener for a specific event from an instance of EventTarget. This makes it so that the event listener will no longer get called when the named event happens.

Parameters:

on(type, fn)

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 58](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line58)

Adds an event listener to an instance of an EventTarget. An event listener is a function that will get called when an event with a certain name gets triggered.

Parameters:

one(type, fn)

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 112](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line112)

This function will add an event listener that gets triggered only once. After the first trigger it will get removed. This is like adding an event listener with EventTarget#on that calls EventTarget#off on itself.

Parameters:

removeEventListener()

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 99](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line99)

An alias of EventTarget#off. Allows EventTarget to mimic the standard DOM API.

• See:

  • EventTarget#off

trigger(event)

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 148](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line148)

This function causes an event to happen. This will then cause any event listeners that are waiting for that event, to get called. If there are no event listeners for an event then nothing will happen.

If the name of the Event that is being triggered is in EventTarget.allowedEvents_. Trigger will also call the on + uppercaseEventName function.

Example: ‘click’ is in EventTarget.allowedEvents_, so, trigger will attempt to call onClick if it exists.

Parameters:

Type Definitions

Event

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 17](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line17)

A Custom DOM event.

• See:

  • Properties

EventListener(event, hashopt)

[event-target.js](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html), [line 24](https://docs.videojs.com/event-target.js.html#line24)

All event listeners should follow the following format.

This:

• {EventTarget}

Parameters: