Test whether element has an attachEvent

[Quark]

Hi,
I'm looking for a way to test whether an html element already has an event attached to it. In ie6 I add an event to an element with (must use attachEvent, can not use element.onclick = f; ):

element.attachEvent("onclick", eventHandler(element, "click"));

How can I test whether an element has this particulair event already attached to it? So something like:

if ( element.hasAttachedEvent("onclick", eventHandler(element, "click")); )
{
}

hasAttachedEvent does not exist, how do I do this? Thx

[Logic Ali]

Hi,
I'm looking for a way to test whether an html element already has an event attached to it. In ie6 I add an event to an element with (must use attachEvent, can not use element.onclick = f; ):

element.attachEvent("onclick", eventHandler(element, "click"));

How can I test whether an element has this particulair event already attached to it? So something like:

if ( element.hasAttachedEvent("onclick", eventHandler(element, "click")); )
{
}

hasAttachedEvent does not exist, how do I do this? Thx

if ( typeof element.onclick == 'function' )

[mrhoo]

You don't find handlers set with attachEvent or addEventListener by reading the event type property of the element. (element.onclick)

In fact, the only way I resolved this was to maintain an object that shadows
'active' elements with an event list object, and update it with a central addEvent function that is always used to add or remove (detach) events or listeners. It is handy for developing scripts and error checking, but a lot of overhead for general web page viewing.