.. _pages/event_layer_impl#the_event_layer: The Event Layer *************** The class `qx.event.Manager `_ provides a per-document wrapper for cross-browser DOM event handling. The implementation of the event layer is inside the `qx.event `_ namespace. The following features work in all :ref:`supported browsers `: * Canceling events: ``stopPropagation()`` * Skipping the browser's default behavior: ``preventDefault()`` * Unified event objects matching the `W3C DOM 2 event interface `_ * Cross-browser event *bubbling* and *capturing* phase, even in Internet Explorer * `Pointer event capturing `_ * Unified key events. For a full list of available key identifiers see the `getKeyIdentifier() `_ method documentation of the ``qx.event.type.KeySequence`` class. * Unified :ref:`pointer events `