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Event handling

Attaching event listeners​

You can add any handler to the events of Sidebar. To do this, use the sidebar.events.on() method with the following parameters:

evNamename of the event
evHandleruser-defined event handler

sidebar.events.on("click", function(id,e){
    console.log(id);
});

Several handlers can be attached to one and the same event, and all of them will be executed.

note

The names of the events are case-insensitive.

Related sample: Sidebar. Events

Detaching event listeners​

There is a simple way of removing an event handler with the sidebar.events.detach() method:

sidebar.events.on("click", function(id,e){
    console.log(id);
});

sidebar.events.detach("click");

Calling events​

A custom event can be called with the fire() method of the events module:

sidebar.events.fire(evName,[args]);

List of supported events​

You can find the full list of sidebar events in the API section.