Component Patterns
Custom Event Message
One component dispatches a CustomEvent with detail data and another listener renders the message.
Program
CustomEvent lets separate parts of a page communicate with named events and structured detail payloads.
custom_event_message.html
<button id="publish">Publish</button><output id="log">Idle</output>
<script>
const log = document.querySelector("#log");
document.addEventListener("deploy", event => {
log.textContent = event.detail.message;
});
publish.addEventListener("click", () => {
document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("deploy", { detail: { message: "Published" } }));
});
</script>
CustomEvent
CustomEvent creates named events with optional detail data.
detail
detail carries event-specific data to listeners.