API: event-mouseenter MouseEnter.js (YUI Library)

# Yahoo! UI Library

### Event Utility mouseenter and mouseout Module 2.8.1

Yahoo! UI Library > event-mouseenter > MouseEnter.js (source view)
Search:
Filters Show Private Show Protected Show Deprecated

    /**
     * Augments the Event Utility with support for the mouseenter and mouseleave
     * events:  A mouseenter event fires the first time the mouse enters an
     * element; a mouseleave event first the first time the mouse leaves an
     * element.
     *
     * @module event-mouseenter
     * @title Event Utility mouseenter and mouseout Module
     * @namespace YAHOO.util
     * @requires event
     */

    (function () {

    	var Event = YAHOO.util.Event,
    		Lang = YAHOO.lang,

    		addListener = Event.addListener,
    		removeListener = Event.removeListener,
    		getListeners = Event.getListeners,

    		delegates = [],

    		specialTypes = {
    			mouseenter: "mouseover",
    			mouseleave: "mouseout"
    		},

    		remove = function(el, type, fn) {

    			var index = Event._getCacheIndex(delegates, el, type, fn),
    				cacheItem,
    				returnVal;

    		    if (index >= 0) {
    		        cacheItem = delegates[index];
    		    }

    		    if (el && cacheItem) {

    				//	removeListener will translate the value of type
    		        returnVal = removeListener.call(Event, cacheItem[0], type, cacheItem[3]);

    				if (returnVal) {
    	                delete delegates[index][2];
    	                delete delegates[index][3];
    	                delegates.splice(index, 1);
    				}

    		    }

    			return returnVal;

    		};

    	Lang.augmentObject(Event._specialTypes, specialTypes);

    	Lang.augmentObject(Event, {

    		/**
    		 * Creates a delegate function used to call mouseover and mouseleave
    		 * event listeners specified via the
    		 * <code>YAHOO.util.Event.addListener</code>
    		 * or <code>YAHOO.util.Event.on</code> method.
    		 *
    		 * @method _createMouseDelegate
    		 *
    		 * @param {Function} fn        The method (event listener) to call
    		 * @param {Object}   obj    An arbitrary object that will be
    		 *                             passed as a parameter to the listener
    		 * @param {Boolean|object}  overrideContext  If true, the value of the
    		 * 							obj parameter becomes the execution context
    		 *                          of the listener. If an object, this object
    		 *                          becomes the execution context.
    		 * @return {Function} Function that will call the event listener
    		 * specified by either the <code>YAHOO.util.Event.addListener</code>
    		 * or <code>YAHOO.util.Event.on</code> method.
    	     * @private
    		 * @static
    	     * @for Event
    		 */
    		_createMouseDelegate: function (fn, obj, overrideContext) {

    			return function (event, container) {

    				var el = this,
    					relatedTarget = Event.getRelatedTarget(event),
    					context,
    					args;

    				if (el != relatedTarget && !YAHOO.util.Dom.isAncestor(el, relatedTarget)) {

    					context = el;

    			        if (overrideContext) {
    			            if (overrideContext === true) {
    			                context = obj;
    			            } else {
    			                context = overrideContext;
    			            }
    			        }

    					//	The default args passed back to a mouseenter or
    					//	mouseleave listener are: the event, the element
    					//	to which the listener is bound, and any object the
    					//	user passed when subscribing

    					args = [event, el, obj];

    					//	Add the delegation container as an argument when
    					//	delegating mouseenter and mouseleave

    					if (container) {
    						args.splice(2, 0, container);
    					}

    					return fn.apply(context, args);

    				}

    			};

    		},

    		addListener: function (el, type, fn, obj, overrideContext) {

    			var fnDelegate,
    				returnVal;

    			if (specialTypes[type]) {

    				fnDelegate = Event._createMouseDelegate(fn, obj, overrideContext);

    				fnDelegate.mouseDelegate = true;

    				delegates.push([el, type, fn, fnDelegate]);

    				//	addListener will translate the value of type
    				returnVal = addListener.call(Event, el, type, fnDelegate);

    			}
    			else {
    				returnVal = addListener.apply(Event, arguments);
    			}

    			return returnVal;

    		},

    		removeListener: function (el, type, fn) {

    			var returnVal;

    			if (specialTypes[type]) {
    				returnVal = remove.apply(Event, arguments);
    			}
    			else {
    				returnVal = removeListener.apply(Event, arguments);
    			}

    			return returnVal;

    		},

    		getListeners: function (el, type) {

    			//	If the user specified the type as mouseover or mouseout,
    			//	need to filter out those used by mouseenter and mouseleave.
    			//	If the user specified the type as mouseenter or mouseleave,
    			//	need to filter out the true mouseover and mouseout listeners.

    			var listeners = [],
    				elListeners,
    				bMouseOverOrOut = (type === "mouseover" || type === "mouseout"),
    				bMouseDelegate,
    				i,
    				l;

    			if (type && (bMouseOverOrOut || specialTypes[type])) {

    				elListeners = getListeners.call(Event, el, this._getType(type));

    	            if (elListeners) {

    	                for (i=elListeners.length-1; i>-1; i--) {

    	                    l = elListeners[i];
    						bMouseDelegate = l.fn.mouseDelegate;

    						if ((specialTypes[type] && bMouseDelegate) || (bMouseOverOrOut && !bMouseDelegate)) {
    							listeners.push(l);
    						}

    	                }

    	            }

    			}
    			else {
    				listeners = getListeners.apply(Event, arguments);
    			}

                return (listeners && listeners.length) ? listeners : null;

    		}

    	}, true);

    	Event.on = Event.addListener;

    }());

Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.