Can't listen to events on window

[lazd]

I would expect the following code to work (see the Fiddle)

var events = new domDelegate.Delegate(window);

events.on('click', function() {
  console.log('Got a click!');
});

events.on('customEvent', function() {
  console.log('Got a custom event!');
});

window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('customEvent'));

None of the event handlers are called.

I'm using the prebuilt version from http://wzrd.in/standalone/dom-delegate@latest in Chrome 38.0.2125.104 on Mac OS X 10.9.5.

[lazd]

I should add that it works fine on document.body, just not on window:

var events = new domDelegate.Delegate(document.body);

events.on('click', function() {
  console.log('Got a click!');
});

events.on('customEvent', function() {
  console.log('Got a custom event!');
});

document.body.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('customEvent'));

[matthew-andrews]

If I remember correctly odd, inconsistent (from browser to browser) things happen when you listen to events on the window… @wheresrhys do you remember what we decided to do about this?

[lazd]

Things are working predictably using native window.addEventListener (of course), but I also tried Gator and found it worked predictably as well (Fiddle).

[matthew-andrews]

Can you try this branch?

https://github.com/ftlabs/ftdomdelegate/tree/equalhighlevelthings

[lazd]

Seems to work for bubbled events, but not for events dispatched directly on the window.

With the following setup:

var events = new domDelegate.Delegate(window);

events.on('customEvent', function(evt) {
  console.log('Got a custom event!');
});

This isn't doing anything:

window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('customEvent'));

But this is:

document.body.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('customEvent'));