event bubbling and IE

[eivindfjeldstad]

IE versions < 9 have a bug where some events (e.g. submit and reset) does not bubble. I don't necessarily think delegate is the place for hacky workarounds, although the patch would be relatively small. Also, It would make libraries like component/events work consistently in IE8. What do you think?

[jonathanong]

you would need IE8 support in component/events first, which has already been rejected multiple times. this is why i want componentjs/spec#39 so everyone could use component/events, but the dev could swap it out for component/events-ie8 if they want ie8 support.

[eivindfjeldstad]

Basic support for IE8 is already there. The only thing missing is .preventDefault() etc. but that's easy to work around.

[jonathanong]

oh crap i was thinking of component/event.

as long as it's not bloated i don't think it'll be an issue.

[eivindfjeldstad]

the substitutes thing seems like a cool idea though. having workarounds for all of IE's quirks would definitely introduce a lot of bloat. I just wish nobody used IE, haha.

[eivindfjeldstad]

here's how jQuery does it: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/1.9-stable/src/event.js#L750
it's crazy. closing

[jonathanong]

LOL oh god