addEventListener not working in IE8

Question

I have created a checkbox dynamically. I have used addEventListener to call a function on click of the checkbox, which works in Google Chrome and Firefox but <

Answer 1

IE doesn't support addEventListener until version 9, so you have to use attachEvent, here's an example:

if (!someElement.addEventListener) {
    _checkbox.attachEvent("onclick", setCheckedValues);
}
else {
    _checkbox.addEventListener("click", setCheckedValues, false);
}