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30.131.Event
30.131.1.Cancel only the default action by using the preventDefault method
30.131.2.Get click event coordinates
30.131.3.Get event target
30.131.4.Cancel a default action and prevent it from bubbling up
30.131.5.Get tag name from event target
30.131.6.Prevent default event
30.131.7.Removes a bound live event
30.131.8.Event instance properties
30.131.9.Define custom event
30.131.10.Stop only an event from bubbling by using the stopPropagation method.
30.131.11.Pass some extra data before the event handler:
30.131.12.To cancel only the default action by using the preventDefault method.
30.131.13.Establishing event handlers with the DOM Level 2 Model
30.131.14.Tracking event propagation with bubble and capture handlers
30.131.15.Dynamically tracking the dimensions of an element