QwikDev · wmertens · Nov 19, 2025 · Nov 18, 2025
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@qwik.dev/core': minor
+---
+
+fix: don't trigger document and window events for normal events
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import { _OWNER, _PROPS_HANDLER } from '../shared/utils/constants';
 import {
   fromCamelToKebabCase,
   getEventDataFromHtmlAttribute,
+  getLoaderScopedEventName,
+  getScopedEventName,
   isHtmlAttributeAnEventName,
 } from '../shared/utils/event-names';
 import { getFileLocationFromJsx } from '../shared/utils/jsx-filename';
@@ -660,16 +662,18 @@ export const vnode_diff = (
         if (isHtmlAttributeAnEventName(key)) {
           const data = getEventDataFromHtmlAttribute(key);
           if (data) {
-            const scope = data[0];
-            const eventName = data[1];
+            const [scope, eventName] = data;
+            const scopedEvent = getScopedEventName(scope, eventName);
+            const loaderScopedEvent = getLoaderScopedEventName(scope, scopedEvent);
 
             if (eventName) {
-              vNewNode!.setProp(HANDLER_PREFIX + ':' + scope + ':' + eventName, value);
+              vNewNode!.setProp(HANDLER_PREFIX + ':' + scopedEvent, value);
               if (scope) {
                 // window and document need attrs so qwik loader can find them
                 vNewNode!.setAttr(key, '', journal);
               }
-              registerQwikLoaderEvent(eventName);
+              // register an event for qwik loader (window/document prefixed with '-')
+              registerQwikLoaderEvent(loaderScopedEvent);
             }
           }
 
@@ -932,9 +936,11 @@ export const vnode_diff = (
       const data = getEventDataFromHtmlAttribute(key);
       if (data) {
         const [scope, eventName] = data;
-        record(':' + scope + ':' + eventName, value);
-        // register an event for qwik loader
-        registerQwikLoaderEvent(eventName);
+        const scopedEvent = getScopedEventName(scope, eventName);
+        const loaderScopedEvent = getLoaderScopedEventName(scope, scopedEvent);
+        record(':' + scopedEvent, value);
+        // register an event for qwik loader (window/document prefixed with '-')
+        registerQwikLoaderEvent(loaderScopedEvent);
         patchEventDispatch = true;
       }
     };

@@ -109,3 +109,12 @@ export const getEventDataFromHtmlAttribute = (htmlKey: string): [string, string]
   }
   return ['document', htmlKey.substring(12)];
 };
+
+export const getScopedEventName = (scope: string, eventName: string): string => {
+  const suffix = ':' + eventName;
+  return scope ? scope + suffix : suffix;
+};
+
+export const getLoaderScopedEventName = (scope: string, scopedEvent: string): string => {
+  return scope ? '-' + scopedEvent : scopedEvent;
+};
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import { DEBUG_TYPE, VirtualType } from '../shared/types';
 import { isAsyncGenerator } from '../shared/utils/async-generator';
 import {
   getEventDataFromHtmlAttribute,
+  getLoaderScopedEventName,
+  getScopedEventName,
   isHtmlAttributeAnEventName,
   isPreventDefault,
 } from '../shared/utils/event-names';
@@ -167,13 +169,13 @@ function processJSXNode(
 
         const innerHTML = ssr.openElement(
           type,
-          varPropsToSsrAttrs(jsx.varProps, jsx.constProps, {
+          toSsrAttrs(jsx.varProps, {
             serializationCtx: ssr.serializationCtx,
             styleScopedId: options.styleScoped,
             key: jsx.key,
             toSort: jsx.toSort,
           }),
-          constPropsToSsrAttrs(jsx.constProps, jsx.varProps, {
+          toSsrAttrs(jsx.constProps, {
             serializationCtx: ssr.serializationCtx,
             styleScopedId: options.styleScoped,
           }),
@@ -325,22 +327,6 @@ interface SsrAttrsOptions {
   toSort?: boolean;
 }
 
-export function varPropsToSsrAttrs(
-  varProps: Record<string, unknown>,
-  constProps: Record<string, unknown> | null,
-  options: SsrAttrsOptions
-): SsrAttrs | null {
-  return toSsrAttrs(varProps, options);
-}
-
-export function constPropsToSsrAttrs(
-  constProps: Record<string, unknown> | null,
-  varProps: Record<string, unknown>,
-  options: SsrAttrsOptions
-): SsrAttrs | null {
-  return toSsrAttrs(constProps, options);
-}
-
 export function toSsrAttrs(
   record: Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined,
   options: SsrAttrsOptions
@@ -451,8 +437,10 @@ function addQwikEventToSerializationContext(
   // TODO extract window/document too so qwikloader can precisely listen
   const data = getEventDataFromHtmlAttribute(key);
   if (data) {
-    const eventName = data[1];
-    serializationCtx.$eventNames$.add(eventName);
+    const [scope, eventName] = data;
+    const scopedEvent = getScopedEventName(scope, eventName);
+    const loaderScopedEvent = getLoaderScopedEventName(scope, scopedEvent);
+    serializationCtx.$eventNames$.add(loaderScopedEvent);
     serializationCtx.$eventQrls$.add(qrl);
   }
 }
@@ -461,8 +449,8 @@ function addPreventDefaultEventToSerializationContext(
   serializationCtx: SerializationContext,
   key: string
 ) {
-  // skip first 15 chars, this is length of the `preventdefault:`
-  const eventName = key.substring(15);
+  // skip first 15 chars, this is length of the `preventdefault`, leave the ":"
+  const eventName = key.substring(14);
   if (eventName) {
     serializationCtx.$eventNames$.add(eventName);
   }

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import type { QRLInternal } from '../shared/qrl/qrl-class';
 import { _qrlSync } from '../shared/qrl/qrl.public';
 import { TypeIds } from '../shared/serdes/constants';
 import { hasClassAttr } from '../shared/utils/scoped-styles';
-import { constPropsToSsrAttrs, varPropsToSsrAttrs } from '../ssr/ssr-render-jsx';
 import { type SSRContainer } from '../ssr/ssr-types';
+import { toSsrAttrs } from '../ssr/ssr-render-jsx';
 
 vi.hoisted(() => {
   vi.stubGlobal('QWIK_LOADER_DEFAULT_MINIFIED', 'min');
@@ -605,12 +605,12 @@ async function toHTML(jsx: JSXOutput): Promise<string> {
         }
         ssrContainer.openElement(
           jsx.type,
-          varPropsToSsrAttrs(jsx.varProps as any, jsx.constProps, {
+          toSsrAttrs(jsx.varProps, {
             serializationCtx: ssrContainer.serializationCtx,
             styleScopedId: null,
             key: jsx.key,
           }),
-          constPropsToSsrAttrs(jsx.constProps as any, jsx.varProps, {
+          toSsrAttrs(jsx.constProps, {
             serializationCtx: ssrContainer.serializationCtx,
             styleScopedId: null,
           })

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ const ManyEventsComponent = component$(() => {
         onClick$={inlinedQrl(() => {}, 's_click2')}
         onBlur$={inlinedQrl(() => {}, 's_blur1')}
         on-anotherCustom$={inlinedQrl(() => {}, 's_anotherCustom1')}
+        document:onFocus$={inlinedQrl(() => {}, 's_documentFocus1')}
+        window:onClick$={inlinedQrl(() => {}, 's_windowClick1')}
       >
         click
       </button>
@@ -521,7 +523,8 @@ describe('render api', () => {
           qwikLoader: 'module',
         });
         expect(result.html).toContain(
-          '(window.qwikevents||(window.qwikevents=[])).push("focus", "-my---custom", "click", "dblclick", "another-custom", "blur")'
+          '(window.qwikevents||(window.qwikevents=[])).push(' +
+            '":focus", ":-my---custom", ":click", ":dblclick", "-document:focus", ":another-custom", ":blur", "-window:click")'
         );
       });
     });

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ const win = window as unknown as qWindow;
 const events = new Set<string>();
 const roots = new Set<EventTarget & ParentNode>([doc]);
 const symbols: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+const windowPrefix = '-window';
+const documentPrefix = '-document';
 
 let hasInitialized: number;
 
@@ -104,12 +106,12 @@ const dispatch = async (
     }
     return;
   }
-  const attrValue = element.getAttribute(attrName);
   // </DELETE ME LATER>
   const qDispatchEvent = (element as QElement).qDispatchEvent;
   if (qDispatchEvent) {
     return qDispatchEvent(ev, scope);
   }
+  const attrValue = element.getAttribute(attrName);
   if (attrValue) {
     const container = element.closest(
       '[q\\:container]:not([q\\:container=html]):not([q\\:container=text])'
@@ -207,11 +209,14 @@ const camelToKebab = (str: string) => str.replace(/([A-Z-])/g, (a) => '-' + a.to
  *
  * @param ev - Browser event.
  */
-const processDocumentEvent = async (ev: Event) => {
+const processDocumentEvent = async (ev: Event, scope: string) => {
   // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const
   let type = camelToKebab(ev.type);
   let element = ev.target as Element | null;
-  broadcast('-document', ev, type);
+  if (scope === documentPrefix) {
+    broadcast(documentPrefix, ev, type);
+    return;
+  }
 
   while (element && element.getAttribute) {
     const results = dispatch(element, '', ev, type);
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ const processDocumentEvent = async (ev: Event) => {
 };
 
 const processWindowEvent = (ev: Event) => {
-  broadcast('-window', ev, camelToKebab(ev.type));
+  broadcast(windowPrefix, ev, camelToKebab(ev.type));
 };
 
 const processReadyStateChange = () => {
@@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ const processReadyStateChange = () => {
     const riC = win.requestIdleCallback ?? win.setTimeout;
     riC.bind(win)(() => emitEvent('qidle'));
 
-    if (events.has('qvisible')) {
+    if (events.has(':qvisible')) {
       const results = querySelectorAll('[on\\:qvisible]');
       const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
         for (const entry of entries) {
@@ -268,23 +273,47 @@ const addEventListener = (
 // Keep in sync with ./qwikloader.unit.ts
 const kebabToCamel = (eventName: string) => eventName.replace(/-./g, (a) => a[1].toUpperCase());
 
+const processEventName = (event: string) => {
+  const i = event.indexOf(':');
+  let scope = '';
+  let eventName = event;
+  if (i >= 0) {
+    const s = event.substring(0, i);
+    if (s === '' || s === windowPrefix || s === documentPrefix) {
+      scope = s;
+      eventName = event.substring(i + 1);
+    }
+  }
+  return { scope, eventName: kebabToCamel(eventName) };
+};
+
 const processEventOrNode = (...eventNames: (string | (EventTarget & ParentNode))[]) => {
   for (const eventNameOrNode of eventNames) {
     if (typeof eventNameOrNode === 'string') {
       // If it is string we just add the event to window and each of our roots.
       if (!events.has(eventNameOrNode)) {
         events.add(eventNameOrNode);
-        const eventName = kebabToCamel(eventNameOrNode);
-        roots.forEach((root) => addEventListener(root, eventName, processDocumentEvent, true));
+        const { scope, eventName } = processEventName(eventNameOrNode);
 
-        addEventListener(win, eventName, processWindowEvent, true);
+        if (scope === windowPrefix) {
+          addEventListener(win, eventName, processWindowEvent, true);
+        } else {
+          roots.forEach((root) =>
+            addEventListener(root, eventName, (ev) => processDocumentEvent(ev, scope), true)
+          );
+        }
       }
     } else {
       // If it is a new root, we also need this root to catch up to all of the document events so far.
       if (!roots.has(eventNameOrNode)) {
         events.forEach((kebabEventName) => {
-          const eventName = kebabToCamel(kebabEventName);
-          addEventListener(eventNameOrNode, eventName, processDocumentEvent, true);
+          const { scope, eventName } = processEventName(kebabEventName);
+          addEventListener(
+            eventNameOrNode,
+            eventName,
+            (ev) => processDocumentEvent(ev, scope),
+            true
+          );
         });
 
         roots.add(eventNameOrNode);

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ test('qwikloader script', () => {
   const compressed = compress(Buffer.from(qwikLoader), { mode: 1, quality: 11 });
   expect([compressed.length, qwikLoader.length]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     [
-      1515,
-      3308,
+      1615,
+      3555,
     ]
   `);
 
   expect(qwikLoader).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-    `"const t=document,e=window,n=new Set,o=new Set([t]),r={};let s;const i=(t,e)=>Array.from(t.querySelectorAll(e)),a=t=>{const e=[];return o.forEach(n=>e.push(...i(n,t))),e},c=t=>{w(t),i(t,"[q\\\\:shadowroot]").forEach(t=>{const e=t.shadowRoot;e&&c(e)})},l=t=>t&&"function"==typeof t.then,f=(t,e,n=e.type)=>{a("[on"+t+"\\\\:"+n+"]").forEach(o=>{b(o,t,e,n)})},p=e=>{if(void 0===e._qwikjson_){let n=(e===t.documentElement?t.body:e).lastElementChild;for(;n;){if("SCRIPT"===n.tagName&&"qwik/json"===n.getAttribute("type")){e._qwikjson_=JSON.parse(n.textContent.replace(/\\\\x3C(\\/?script)/gi,"<$1"));break}n=n.previousElementSibling}}},u=(t,e)=>new CustomEvent(t,{detail:e}),b=async(e,n,o,s=o.type)=>{const i="on"+n+":"+s;e.hasAttribute("preventdefault:"+s)&&o.preventDefault(),e.hasAttribute("stoppropagation:"+s)&&o.stopPropagation();const a=e._qc_,c=a&&a.li.filter(t=>t[0]===i);if(c&&c.length>0){for(const t of c){const n=t[1].getFn([e,o],()=>e.isConnected)(o,e),r=o.cancelBubble;l(n)&&await n,r&&o.stopPropagation()}return}const f=e.getAttribute(i),u=e.qDispatchEvent;if(u)return u(o,n);if(f){const n=e.closest("[q\\\\:container]:not([q\\\\:container=html]):not([q\\\\:container=text])"),s=n.getAttribute("q:base"),i=n.getAttribute("q:version")||"unknown",a=n.getAttribute("q:manifest-hash")||"dev",c=new URL(s,t.baseURI);for(const u of f.split("\\n")){const f=new URL(u,c),b=f.href,h=f.hash.replace(/^#?([^?[|]*).*$/,"$1")||"default",_=performance.now();let d,y,g;const m=u.startsWith("#"),w={qBase:s,qManifest:a,qVersion:i,href:b,symbol:h,element:e,reqTime:_};if(m){const e=n.getAttribute("q:instance");d=(t["qFuncs_"+e]||[])[Number.parseInt(h)],d||(y="sync",g=Error("sym:"+h))}else if(h in r)d=r[h];else{q("qsymbol",w);const t=f.href.split("#")[0];try{const e=import(t);p(n),d=(await e)[h],d?r[h]=d:(y="no-symbol",g=Error(\`\${h} not in \${t}\`))}catch(t){y||(y="async"),g=t}}if(!d){q("qerror",{importError:y,error:g,...w}),console.error(g);break}const v=t.__q_context__;if(e.isConnected)try{t.__q_context__=[e,o,f];const n=d(o,e);l(n)&&await n}catch(t){q("qerror",{error:t,...w})}finally{t.__q_context__=v}}}},q=(e,n)=>{t.dispatchEvent(u(e,n))},h=t=>t.replace(/([A-Z-])/g,t=>"-"+t.toLowerCase()),_=async t=>{let e=h(t.type),n=t.target;for(f("-document",t,e);n&&n.getAttribute;){const o=b(n,"",t,e);let r=t.cancelBubble;l(o)&&await o,r||(r=r||t.cancelBubble||n.hasAttribute("stoppropagation:"+t.type)),n=t.bubbles&&!0!==r?n.parentElement:null}},d=t=>{f("-window",t,h(t.type))},y=()=>{const r=t.readyState;if(!s&&("interactive"==r||"complete"==r)&&(o.forEach(c),s=1,q("qinit"),(e.requestIdleCallback??e.setTimeout).bind(e)(()=>q("qidle")),n.has("qvisible"))){const t=a("[on\\\\:qvisible]"),e=new IntersectionObserver(t=>{for(const n of t)n.isIntersecting&&(e.unobserve(n.target),b(n.target,"",u("qvisible",n)))});t.forEach(t=>e.observe(t))}},g=(t,e,n,o=!1)=>{t.addEventListener(e,n,{capture:o,passive:!1})},m=t=>t.replace(/-./g,t=>t[1].toUpperCase()),w=(...t)=>{for(const r of t)if("string"==typeof r){if(!n.has(r)){n.add(r);const t=m(r);o.forEach(e=>g(e,t,_,!0)),g(e,t,d,!0)}}else o.has(r)||(n.forEach(t=>{const e=m(t);g(r,e,_,!0)}),o.add(r))};if(!("__q_context__"in t)){t.__q_context__=0;const r=e.qwikevents;r&&(Array.isArray(r)?w(...r):w("click","input")),e.qwikevents={events:n,roots:o,push:w},g(t,"readystatechange",y),y()}"`
+    `"const t=document,e=window,n=new Set,o=new Set([t]),r={},s="-window",i="-document";let a;const c=(t,e)=>Array.from(t.querySelectorAll(e)),l=t=>{const e=[];return o.forEach(n=>e.push(...c(n,t))),e},f=t=>{A(t),c(t,"[q\\\\:shadowroot]").forEach(t=>{const e=t.shadowRoot;e&&f(e)})},p=t=>t&&"function"==typeof t.then,u=(t,e,n=e.type)=>{l("[on"+t+"\\\\:"+n+"]").forEach(o=>{h(o,t,e,n)})},b=e=>{if(void 0===e._qwikjson_){let n=(e===t.documentElement?t.body:e).lastElementChild;for(;n;){if("SCRIPT"===n.tagName&&"qwik/json"===n.getAttribute("type")){e._qwikjson_=JSON.parse(n.textContent.replace(/\\\\x3C(\\/?script)/gi,"<$1"));break}n=n.previousElementSibling}}},q=(t,e)=>new CustomEvent(t,{detail:e}),h=async(e,n,o,s=o.type)=>{const i="on"+n+":"+s;e.hasAttribute("preventdefault:"+s)&&o.preventDefault(),e.hasAttribute("stoppropagation:"+s)&&o.stopPropagation();const a=e._qc_,c=a&&a.li.filter(t=>t[0]===i);if(c&&c.length>0){for(const t of c){const n=t[1].getFn([e,o],()=>e.isConnected)(o,e),r=o.cancelBubble;p(n)&&await n,r&&o.stopPropagation()}return}const l=e.qDispatchEvent;if(l)return l(o,n);const f=e.getAttribute(i);if(f){const n=e.closest("[q\\\\:container]:not([q\\\\:container=html]):not([q\\\\:container=text])"),s=n.getAttribute("q:base"),i=n.getAttribute("q:version")||"unknown",a=n.getAttribute("q:manifest-hash")||"dev",c=new URL(s,t.baseURI);for(const l of f.split("\\n")){const f=new URL(l,c),u=f.href,q=f.hash.replace(/^#?([^?[|]*).*$/,"$1")||"default",h=performance.now();let d,m,g;const y=l.startsWith("#"),v={qBase:s,qManifest:a,qVersion:i,href:u,symbol:q,element:e,reqTime:h};if(y){const e=n.getAttribute("q:instance");d=(t["qFuncs_"+e]||[])[Number.parseInt(q)],d||(m="sync",g=Error("sym:"+q))}else if(q in r)d=r[q];else{_("qsymbol",v);const t=f.href.split("#")[0];try{const e=import(t);b(n),d=(await e)[q],d?r[q]=d:(m="no-symbol",g=Error(\`\${q} not in \${t}\`))}catch(t){m||(m="async"),g=t}}if(!d){_("qerror",{importError:m,error:g,...v}),console.error(g);break}const w=t.__q_context__;if(e.isConnected)try{t.__q_context__=[e,o,f];const n=d(o,e);p(n)&&await n}catch(t){_("qerror",{error:t,...v})}finally{t.__q_context__=w}}}},_=(e,n)=>{t.dispatchEvent(q(e,n))},d=t=>t.replace(/([A-Z-])/g,t=>"-"+t.toLowerCase()),m=async(t,e)=>{let n=d(t.type),o=t.target;if(e!==i)for(;o&&o.getAttribute;){const e=h(o,"",t,n);let r=t.cancelBubble;p(e)&&await e,r||(r=r||t.cancelBubble||o.hasAttribute("stoppropagation:"+t.type)),o=t.bubbles&&!0!==r?o.parentElement:null}else u(i,t,n)},g=t=>{u(s,t,d(t.type))},y=()=>{const r=t.readyState;if(!a&&("interactive"==r||"complete"==r)&&(o.forEach(f),a=1,_("qinit"),(e.requestIdleCallback??e.setTimeout).bind(e)(()=>_("qidle")),n.has(":qvisible"))){const t=l("[on\\\\:qvisible]"),e=new IntersectionObserver(t=>{for(const n of t)n.isIntersecting&&(e.unobserve(n.target),h(n.target,"",q("qvisible",n)))});t.forEach(t=>e.observe(t))}},v=(t,e,n,o=!1)=>{t.addEventListener(e,n,{capture:o,passive:!1})},w=t=>t.replace(/-./g,t=>t[1].toUpperCase()),E=t=>{const e=t.indexOf(":");let n="",o=t;if(e>=0){const r=t.substring(0,e);""!==r&&r!==s&&r!==i||(n=r,o=t.substring(e+1))}return{scope:n,eventName:w(o)}},A=(...t)=>{for(const r of t)if("string"==typeof r){if(!n.has(r)){n.add(r);const{scope:t,eventName:i}=E(r);t===s?v(e,i,g,!0):o.forEach(e=>v(e,i,e=>m(e,t),!0))}}else o.has(r)||(n.forEach(t=>{const{scope:e,eventName:n}=E(t);v(r,n,t=>m(t,e),!0)}),o.add(r))};if(!("__q_context__"in t)){t.__q_context__=0;const r=e.qwikevents;r&&(Array.isArray(r)?A(...r):A("click","input")),e.qwikevents={events:n,roots:o,push:A},v(t,"readystatechange",y),y()}"`
   );
 });