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+var PolyfillEvent = eventConstructor();
+
+function eventConstructor() {
+  if (typeof window.CustomEvent === "function") return window.CustomEvent;
+  // IE<=9 Support
+  function CustomEvent(event, params) {
+    params = params || {bubbles: false, cancelable: false, detail: undefined};
+    var evt = document.createEvent('CustomEvent');
+    evt.initCustomEvent(event, params.bubbles, params.cancelable, params.detail);
+    return evt;
+  }
+  CustomEvent.prototype = window.Event.prototype;
+  return CustomEvent;
+}
+
+function buildHiddenInput(name, value) {
+  var input = document.createElement("input");
+  input.type = "hidden";
+  input.name = name;
+  input.value = value;
+  return input;
+}
+
+function handleClick(element, targetModifierKey) {
+  var to = element.getAttribute("data-to"),
+      method = buildHiddenInput("_method", element.getAttribute("data-method")),
+      csrf = buildHiddenInput("_csrf_token", element.getAttribute("data-csrf")),
+      form = document.createElement("form"),
+      submit = document.createElement("input"),
+      target = element.getAttribute("target");
+
+  form.method = (element.getAttribute("data-method") === "get") ? "get" : "post";
+  form.action = to;
+  form.style.display = "hidden";
+
+  if (target) form.target = target;
+  else if (targetModifierKey) form.target = "_blank";
+
+  form.appendChild(csrf);
+  form.appendChild(method);
+  document.body.appendChild(form);
+
+  // Insert a button and click it instead of using `form.submit`
+  // because the `submit` function does not emit a `submit` event.
+  submit.type = "submit";
+  form.appendChild(submit);
+  submit.click();
+}
+
+window.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
+  var element = e.target;
+  if (e.defaultPrevented) return;
+
+  while (element && element.getAttribute) {
+    var phoenixLinkEvent = new PolyfillEvent('phoenix.link.click', {
+      "bubbles": true, "cancelable": true
+    });
+
+    if (!element.dispatchEvent(phoenixLinkEvent)) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopImmediatePropagation();
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if (element.getAttribute("data-method")) {
+      handleClick(element, e.metaKey || e.shiftKey);
+      e.preventDefault();
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      element = element.parentNode;
+    }
+  }
+}, false);
+
+window.addEventListener('phoenix.link.click', function (e) {
+  var message = e.target.getAttribute("data-confirm");
+  if(message && !window.confirm(message)) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+  }
+}, false);
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