@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ for historical reasons.
876876<h3 id=interface-eventtarget>Interface {{EventTarget}}</h3>
877877
878878<pre class=idl>
879- [Exposed=(Window,Worker)]
879+ [Constructor, Exposed=(Window,Worker)]
880880interface EventTarget {
881881 void addEventListener(DOMString type, EventListener? callback, optional (AddEventListenerOptions or boolean) options);
882882 void removeEventListener(DOMString type, EventListener? callback, optional (EventListenerOptions or boolean) options);
@@ -944,6 +944,11 @@ and a <dfn export for=EventTarget>legacy-canceled-activation behavior</dfn> algo
944944are not to be used for anything else. [[!HTML]]
945945
946946<dl class=domintro>
947+ <dt><code><var> target</var> = new <a constructor for=EventTarget lt=EventTarget()>EventTarget</a> ();</code>
948+ <dd>
949+ Creates a new {{EventTarget}} object, which can be used by developers to <a>dispatch</a> and listen for
950+ <a>events</a> .
951+
947952 <dt><code><var> target</var> . <a method for=EventTarget lt=addEventListener()>addEventListener</a> (<var> type</var> , <var> callback</var> [, <var>options</var>] )</code>
948953 <dd>
949954 Appends an <a>event listener</a> for <a>events</a> whose {{Event/type}} attribute value
@@ -1014,6 +1019,17 @@ steps:
10141019 <li><p> Return <var> capture</var> , <var> passive</var> , and <var> once</var> .
10151020</ol>
10161021
1022+ <p> The <dfn constructor for=EventTarget><code>EventTarget()</code></dfn> constructor, when invoked,
1023+ must return a new {{EventTarget}} .
1024+
1025+ <p class="note"> Because of the defaults stated elsewhere, the returned {{EventTarget}} 's
1026+ <a>get the parent</a> algorithm will return null, and it will have no <a>activation behavior</a> ,
1027+ <a>legacy-pre-activation behavior</a> , or <a>legacy-canceled-activation behavior</a> .
1028+
1029+ <p class="note"> In the future we could allow custom <a>get the parent</a> algorithms. Let us know
1030+ if this would be useful for your programs. For now, all author-created {{EventTarget}} s do not
1031+ participate in a tree structure.</p>
1032+
10171033<p> The
10181034<dfn method for=EventTarget><code>addEventListener(<var>type</var>, <var>callback</var>, <var>options</var>)</code></dfn>
10191035method, when invoked, must run these steps:
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