AppBarCommand.addEventListener method

Registers an event handler for the specified event.

Syntax

appBarCommand.addEventListener(type, listener, useCapture);

Parameters

• type
  Type: String

  The name of the event to handle. Note that you omit the "on" when specifying the event name for the addEventListener method. For example, instead of specifying "onselectionchange", you specify "selectionchange".

• listener
  Type: Function

  The event handler function to associate with the event.

• useCapture
  Type: Boolean

  Set to true to register the event handler for the capturing phase; otherwise, set to false to register the event handler for the bubbling phase. For more info, see Event capture and event bubbling with DOM events.

Return value

This method does not return a value.

Requirements

Minimum WinJS version	WinJS 1.0
Namespace	WinJS.UI

See also

AppBarCommand

AppBar

AppBarIcon

BackButton

NavBar

Your first app - Part 3: PageControl objects and navigation

Navigating between pages (HTML)

Adding app bars

Adding nav bars

HTML AppBar control sample

HTML NavBar control sample

Navigation and navigation history sample

Event capture and event bubbling with DOM events

Designers

Command patterns

Navigation patterns

Guidelines for app bars

Bottom app bar

Top app bar