Events Overview

Release 2.0 - ...

XForms processing is defined in terms of events, event handlers and event responses. XForms uses the events system defined in DOM2 Events and XML Events, with an event capture phase, arrival of the event at its target, and finally the event bubbling phase.

The table below shows an overview of the XForms events.

Event Name	Cancelable	Bubbles	Target Element
Initialization Events
xforms-model-construct	No	Yes	model
xforms-model-construct-done	No	Yes	model
xforms-ready	No	Yes	model
xforms-model-destruct	No	Yes	model
Interaction Events
xforms-rebuild	Yes	Yes	model
xforms-recalculate	Yes	Yes	model
xforms-revalidate	Yes	Yes	model
xforms-refresh	Yes	Yes	model
xforms-reset	Yes	Yes	model
xforms-previous	Yes	No	Core Form Controls
xforms-next	Yes	No	Core Form Controls
xforms-focus	Yes	No	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch \| repeat
xforms-help	Yes	Yes	Core Form Controls
xforms-hint	Yes	Yes	Core Form Controls
xforms-submit	Yes	Yes	submission
xforms-submit-serialize	Yes	Yes	submission
Notification Events
xforms-insert	No	Yes	instance
xforms-delete	No	Yes	instance
xforms-value-changed	No	Yes	Core Form Controls
xforms-valid	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch
xforms-invalid	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch
xforms-readonly	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch
xforms-readwrite	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch
xforms-required	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch
xforms-optional	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch
xforms-enabled	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch
xforms-disabled	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch
DOMActivate	Yes	Yes	Core Form Controls
DOMFocusIn	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch \| repeat
DOMFocusOut	No	Yes	Core Form Controls \| group \| switch \| repeat
xforms-select	No	Yes	item \| case
xforms-deselect	No	Yes	item \| case
xforms-in-range	No	Yes	Core Form Controls
xforms-out-of-range	No	Yes	Core Form Controls
xforms-scroll-first	No	Yes	repeat
xforms-scroll-last	No	Yes	repeat
xforms-submit-done	No	Yes	submission
Error Indications
xforms-binding-exception	No	Yes	Any element that can contain a binding expression
xforms-compute-exception	No	Yes	model
xforms-version-exception	No	Yes	The default model
xforms-link-exception	No	Yes	model
xforms-output-error	No	Yes	output
xforms-submit-error	No	Yes	submission

Topics

Seneca XForms Engine