change event originating from vanilla JS doesn't propagate to jQuery bound handler in iE

[thetoolman]

Change events bound to inputs don't receive events originating from vanilla javascript fireEvent/dispatchEvent trigger. iE only;

[thetoolman]

Here is my test case and fix; ensure you try it in iE !

​http://github.com/thetoolman/jquery/commit/a228013a706999df8dd3f70508c4f1b4298b2c21

[thetoolman]

Example of problem

[thetoolman]

Bug and fix documented here :

​http://forum.jquery.com/topic/how-do-i-get-ie6-to-fire-jquery-change-event-without-using-jquery

[john]

Unfortunately the patch as described there won't have the desired effect - it'll cause many more change events to fire (when we don't want them to). I'm not sure if this is something that we're going to focus on fixing right away. I'm keeping it in mind, though.

[snover]

#7292 is a duplicate of this ticket.

[snover]

Resetting milestone to future.

[dmethvin]

This code won't work properly because it checks for attachEvent first. In IE9 and Opera both attachEvent and addEventListener exist; jQuery uses addEventListener for that case.