how can I override an anonymous javascript function attached to an eventlistener?
- by Sid
I found that a website does somewhat sneaky things. When you hover over a link, it shows you the real URL. WHen you click on it, it uses the click/mousedown event to rewrite the URL.
I want to override that behaviour in firefox, So I fired up firebug to see what it does. On a mouse click, it executes a function called window.tgs. Easy, I thought. I can override this function.
My first attempt was to do get the element via getELementsByTagName(), and then
element.removeEventListener("click",window.tgs, false);
To my surprise, this did nothing.
I tried redefining window.tgs
window.tgs = function() { return true; };
that did not do anything either.
I am not a JS expert. Your insights appreciated
thanks
Sid
