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EventTarget.addEventListener()

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DOM

The modern standard API for adding DOM event handlers. Introduced in the DOM Level 2 Events spec. Also implies support for `removeEventListener`, the [capture phase](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-event-capturing_phase) of DOM event dispatch, as well as the `stopPropagation()` and `preventDefault()` event methods.

Further reading:

  1. Can I use page for: EventTarget.addEventListener()
  2. MDN Web Docs - addEventListener
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  4. WebReflection ie8 polyfill