improve whole-page performance by scoping events handlers

src/scripts/choices.js

@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@ import {
   strToEl,
   sortByScore,
   generateId,
-  findAncestorByAttrName,
-  isIE11,
   existsInArray,
   cloneObject,
   diff,
 } from './lib/utils';
 
+/** @see {@link http://browserhacks.com/#hack-acea075d0ac6954f275a70023906050c} */
+const IS_IE11 =
+  '-ms-scroll-limit' in document.documentElement.style &&
+  '-ms-ime-align' in document.documentElement.style;
+
 /**
  * @typedef {import('../../types/index').Choices.Choice} Choice
  * @typedef {import('../../types/index').Choices.Item} Item
@@ -1226,16 +1229,24 @@ class Choices {
     const { documentElement } = document;
 
     // capture events - can cancel event processing or propagation
-    documentElement.addEventListener('keydown', this._onKeyDown, true);
     documentElement.addEventListener('touchend', this._onTouchEnd, true);
-    documentElement.addEventListener('mousedown', this._onMouseDown, true);
+    this.containerOuter.element.addEventListener(
+      'keydown',
+      this._onKeyDown,
+      true,
+    );
+    this.containerOuter.element.addEventListener(
+      'mousedown',
+      this._onMouseDown,
+      true,
+    );
 
     // passive events - doesn't call `preventDefault` or `stopPropagation`
     documentElement.addEventListener('click', this._onClick, { passive: true });
     documentElement.addEventListener('touchmove', this._onTouchMove, {
       passive: true,
     });
-    documentElement.addEventListener('mouseover', this._onMouseOver, {
+    this.dropdown.element.addEventListener('mouseover', this._onMouseOver, {
       passive: true,
     });
 
@@ -1271,20 +1282,28 @@ class Choices {
   _removeEventListeners() {
     const { documentElement } = document;
 
-    documentElement.removeEventListener('keydown', this._onKeyDown, true);
     documentElement.removeEventListener('touchend', this._onTouchEnd, true);
-    documentElement.removeEventListener('mousedown', this._onMouseDown, true);
+    this.containerOuter.element.removeEventListener(
+      'keydown',
+      this._onKeyDown,
+      true,
+    );
+    this.containerOuter.element.removeEventListener(
+      'mousedown',
+      this._onMouseDown,
+      true,
+    );
 
-    documentElement.removeEventListener('keyup', this._onKeyUp);
     documentElement.removeEventListener('click', this._onClick);
     documentElement.removeEventListener('touchmove', this._onTouchMove);
-    documentElement.removeEventListener('mouseover', this._onMouseOver);
+    this.dropdown.element.removeEventListener('mouseover', this._onMouseOver);
 
     if (this._isSelectOneElement) {
       this.containerOuter.element.removeEventListener('focus', this._onFocus);
       this.containerOuter.element.removeEventListener('blur', this._onBlur);
     }
 
+    this.input.element.removeEventListener('keyup', this._onKeyUp);
     this.input.element.removeEventListener('focus', this._onFocus);
     this.input.element.removeEventListener('blur', this._onBlur);
 
@@ -1295,13 +1314,13 @@ class Choices {
     this.input.removeEventListeners();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param {KeyboardEvent} event
+   */
   _onKeyDown(event) {
     const { target, keyCode, ctrlKey, metaKey } = event;
 
-    if (
-      target !== this.input.element &&
-      !this.containerOuter.element.contains(target)
-    ) {
+    if (target !== this.input.element) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -1558,47 +1577,55 @@ class Choices {
     this._wasTap = true;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Handles mousedown event in capture mode for containetOuter.element
+   * @param {MouseEvent} event
+   */
   _onMouseDown(event) {
-    const { target, shiftKey } = event;
-    // If we have our mouse down on the scrollbar and are on IE11...
-    if (
-      this.choiceList.element.contains(target) &&
-      isIE11(navigator.userAgent)
-    ) {
-      this._isScrollingOnIe = true;
+    const { target } = event;
+    if (!(target instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+      return;
     }
 
-    if (
-      !this.containerOuter.element.contains(target) ||
-      target === this.input.element
-    ) {
+    // If we have our mouse down on the scrollbar and are on IE11...
+    if (IS_IE11 && this.choiceList.element.contains(target)) {
+      // check if click was on a scrollbar area
+      const firstChoice = /** @type {HTMLElement} */ (this.choiceList.element
+        .firstElementChild);
+      const isOnScrollbar =
+        this._direction === 'ltr'
+          ? event.offsetX >= firstChoice.offsetWidth
+          : event.offsetX < firstChoice.offsetLeft;
+      this._isScrollingOnIe = isOnScrollbar;
+    }
+
+    if (target === this.input.element) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const { activeItems } = this._store;
-    const hasShiftKey = shiftKey;
-    const buttonTarget = findAncestorByAttrName(target, 'data-button');
-    const itemTarget = findAncestorByAttrName(target, 'data-item');
-    const choiceTarget = findAncestorByAttrName(target, 'data-choice');
-
-    if (buttonTarget) {
-      this._handleButtonAction(activeItems, buttonTarget);
-    } else if (itemTarget) {
-      this._handleItemAction(activeItems, itemTarget, hasShiftKey);
-    } else if (choiceTarget) {
-      this._handleChoiceAction(activeItems, choiceTarget);
+    const item = target.closest('[data-button],[data-item],[data-choice]');
+    if (item instanceof HTMLElement) {
+      const hasShiftKey = event.shiftKey;
+      const { activeItems } = this._store;
+      const { dataset } = item;
+
+      if ('button' in dataset) {
+        this._handleButtonAction(activeItems, item);
+      } else if ('item' in dataset) {
+        this._handleItemAction(activeItems, item, hasShiftKey);
+      } else if ('choice' in dataset) {
+        this._handleChoiceAction(activeItems, item);
+      }
     }
-
     event.preventDefault();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Handles mouseover event over this.dropdown
+   * @param {MouseEvent} event
+   */
   _onMouseOver({ target }) {
-    const targetWithinDropdown =
-      target === this.dropdown || this.dropdown.element.contains(target);
-    const shouldHighlightChoice =
-      targetWithinDropdown && target.hasAttribute('data-choice');
-
-    if (shouldHighlightChoice) {
+    if (target instanceof HTMLElement && 'choice' in target.dataset) {
       this._highlightChoice(target);
     }
   }

src/scripts/lib/utils.js

@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ export const wrap = (element, wrapper = document.createElement('div')) => {
   return wrapper.appendChild(element);
 };
 
-/**
- * @param {HTMLElement} el
- * @param {string} attr
- */
-export const findAncestorByAttrName = (el, attr) => el.closest(`[${attr}]`);
-
 /**
  * @param {Element} startEl
  * @param {string} selector
@@ -185,13 +179,6 @@ export const dispatchEvent = (element, type, customArgs = null) => {
   return element.dispatchEvent(event);
 };
 
-/**
- * @param {string} userAgent
- * @returns {boolean}
- */
-export const isIE11 = userAgent =>
-  !!(userAgent.match(/Trident/) && userAgent.match(/rv[ :]11/));
-
 /**
  * @param {array} array
  * @param {any} value

src/scripts/lib/utils.test.js

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   sanitise,
   sortByAlpha,
   sortByScore,
-  isIE11,
   existsInArray,
   cloneObject,
   dispatchEvent,
@@ -202,18 +201,6 @@ describe('utils', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('isIE11', () => {
-    it('returns whether the given user agent string matches an IE11 user agent string', () => {
-      const IE11UserAgent =
-        'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko';
-      const firefoxUserAgent =
-        'Mozilla/5.0 (Android 4.4; Mobile; rv:41.0) Gecko/41.0 Firefox/41.0';
-
-      expect(isIE11(IE11UserAgent)).to.equal(true);
-      expect(isIE11(firefoxUserAgent)).to.equal(false);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('existsInArray', () => {
     it('determines whether a value exists within given array', () => {
       const values = [