Detecting support for a given JavaScript event?

Question

I\'m interested in using the JavaScript hashchange event to monitor changes in the URL\'s fragment identifier. I\'m aware of Really Simple History and the jQuery plugins fo

Answer 1

Here is a modification of the answer provided by CMS, which doesn't contain a function in another, which I think would work:

function event_exists(eventName){
    if(typeof(eventName)!='string' || eventName.length==0)return false;
    var TAGNAMES = {
        'select':'input','change':'input',
        'submit':'form','reset':'form',
        'error':'img','load':'img','abort':'img'
    }
    var el = document.createElement(TAGNAMES[eventName] || 'div');
    eventName = 'on' + eventName;
    var isSupported = (eventName in el);
    if (!isSupported) {
        el.setAttribute(eventName,'return;');
        isSupported = (typeof(el[eventName])=='function');
    }
    el = null;
    return isSupported;
}