Internet Explorer 9, 10 & 11 Event constructor doesn't work

Question

I am creating an event, so use the DOM Event constructor:

new Event(\'change\');

This works fine in modern browsers, however in Internet Ex

Answer 1

I think that the best solution to solve your problem and deal with cross-browser event creation is:

function createNewEvent(eventName) {
    var event;
    if (typeof(Event) === 'function') {
        event = new Event(eventName);
    } else {
        event = document.createEvent('Event');
        event.initEvent(eventName, true, true);
    }
    return event;
}