ie8 ... addEventListener problem running Angularjs 1.2.0 rc3

Jeff Pogodzinski

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Oct 25, 2013, 10:06:27 AM10/25/13

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Dear Group,

Can someone please help me with a work around the following ie8 error: ?

"TypeError: Object doesn't support property or method 'addEventListener' "

I am using Angularjs 1.2.0 rc3

Thank you, Jeff.

David Aschenheimer

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Oct 26, 2013, 10:06:32 AM10/26/13

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That's an angular error? They must have dropped support for ie8. Are you sure it is not a jQuery error? - Just curious.

Sebastian Sebald

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Oct 27, 2013, 5:42:59 PM10/27/13

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I read somewhere that IE8 support was dropped. Use a polyfill/shiv and you should be fine :-)

Daniel Tabuenca

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Oct 27, 2013, 6:54:10 PM10/27/13

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Support for IE8 has not been dropped from angular as far as I can tell from the code. Angular's jqLite implementation will check and use attachEvent if addEventListener is not there. What is likely happening is you are likely using jquery 2.x which does not support IE8. Keep in mind that angular will delegate to jQuery rather than it's own jqlite implementation if jQuery is detected. Either don't use jquery and stick to angular's jqlite, or use jquery 1.x series which still support legacy IE versions.

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