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JS Custom event
//Listen to custom event
document.addEventListener("myCustomEvent", function(e) {
var object = e.detail.object;
log(e.detail.object +" has dispatched event: "+e);
});
// Dispatch custom event
this.myevent.initEvent("myCustomEvent", true, true);
this.myevent.detail = { object: this}
document.dispatchEvent(this.myevent);
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