199117 - oncontextmenu doesn't work with addEventListener

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Events, defect)

Description

[Agustín Fernández]

oncontextmenu doesn't work with addEventListener, even if it does work with the
property of the element.

Attaching testcase.

I'm using Mozilla 1.3 so I will submit this as unconfirmed so that somebody
checks if it was fixed since 1.3's release (not likely).

Comment 1

[Agustín Fernández]

Attachment: Testcase

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

Dup of bug 180475?

Comment 3

[Agustín Fernández]

It's not a dupe, in bug 180475 comment 2 Alex Vincent sais it was not valid
because the two ways of doing it were considered identical (and that is wrong).
I, however, don't say that, and use preventDefault() as he says. The problem is
not just that the menu is not being cancelled, but rather that the handler is
not called.

Here is what Alex Vincent said:

INVALID.  DOM Level 2 Events operates on a different model than this.  With
addEventListener, when the event fires and the event listener is called, the
function receives the event as its first argument.

Returning false does not cancel the event.  You do that by calling the
preventDefault() method of the event.  stopPropagation() works also, in some
circumstances.

Comment 4

[Agustín Fernández]

Well, I downloaded a recent build and the problem is still present:

CONFIRMED with Windows XP, build 2003040808.

Comment 5

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Sorry, but this testcase is INVALID.  You used 'oncontextmenu' rather than
'contextmenu'.  Note that when using addEventListener, the event name itself
should be given, without the prefixing 'on'.  Once you correct that, the
testcase works as expected.

Comment 6

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Attachment: Corrected testcase

Comment 7

[Agustín Fernández]

Sorry for the confusion. VERIFIED INVALID.