listen-js

Easily add, remove, and trigger events on anything

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import listenJs from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/listen-js';
</script>

README

ListenJS

A small, lightweight library that adds addEventListener(), removeEventListener(), and dispatchEvent() methods to any object.

The event listener methods follow the EventTarget (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget) API, also allowing this library to serve as a polyfill.

Usage

var obj = {};

Listen.createTarget(obj);

// listen to the "wee" event
obj.addEventListener('wee', function () {
    // wee was trigger!
});

// trigger the event
obj.dispatchEvent('wee');

Listen.destroyTarget(obj);