vent) { return isButton(event, 1) },
    isRightClick:  function(event) { return isButton(event, 2) },

    element: function(event) {
      var node = Event.extend(event).target;
      return Element.extend(node.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE ? node.parentNode : node);
    },

    findElement: function(event, expression) {
      var element = Event.element(event);
      return element.match(expression) ? element : element.up(expression);
    },

    pointer: function(event) {
      return {
        x: event.pageX || (event.clientX +
          (document.documentElement.scrollLeft || document.body.scrollLeft)),
        y: event.pageY || (event.clientY +
          (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop))
      };
    },

    pointerX: function(event) { return Event.pointer(event).x },
    pointerY: function(event) { return Event.pointer(event).y },

    stop: function(event) {
      Event.extend(event);
      event.preventDefault();
      event.stopPropagation();
      event.stopped = true;
    }
  };
})();

Event.extend = (function() {
  var methods = Object.keys(Event.Methods).inject({ }, function(m, name) {
    m[name] = Event.Methods[name].methodize();
    return m;
  });

  if (Prototype.Browser.IE) {
    Object.extend(methods, {
      stopPropagation: function() { this.cancelBubble = true },
      preventDefault:  function() { this.returnValue = false },
      inspect: function() { return "[object Event]" }
    });

    return function(event) {
      if (!event) return false;
      if (event._extendedByPrototype) return event;

      event._extendedByPrototype = Prototype.emptyFunction;
      var pointer = Event.pointer(event);
      Object.extend(event, {
        target: event.srcElement,
        relatedTarget: Event.relatedTarget(event),
        pageX:  pointer.x,
        pageY:  pointer.y
      });
      return Object.extend(event, methods);
    };

  } else {
    Event.prototype = Event.prototype || document.createEvent("HTMLEvents").__proto__;
    Object.extend(Event.prototype, methods);
    return Prototype.K;
  }
})();

Object.extend(Event, (function() {
  var cache = Event.cache;

  function getEventID(element) {
    if (element._eventID) return element._eventID;
    arguments.callee.id = arguments.callee.id || 1;
    return element._eventID = ++arguments.callee.id;
  }

  function getDOMEventName(eventName) {
    if (eventName && eventName.include(':')) return "dataavailable";
    return eventName;
  }

  function getCacheForID(id) {
    return cache[id] = cache[id] || { };
  }

  function getWrappersForEventName(id, eventName) {
    var c = getCacheForID(id);
    return c[eventName] = c[eventName] || [];
  }

  function createWrapper(element, eventName, handler) {
    var id = getEventID(element);
    var c = getWrappersForEventName(id, eventName);
    if (c.pluck("handler").include(handler)) return false;

    var wrapper = function(event) {
      if (!Event || !Event.extend ||
        (event.eventName && event.eventName != eventName))
          return false;

      Event.extend(event);
      handler.call(element, event)
    };

    wrapper.handler = handler;
    c.push(wrapper);
    return wrapper;
  }

  function findWrapper(id, eventName, handler) {
    var c = getWrappersForEventName(id, eventName);
    return c.find(function(wrapper) { return wrapper.handler == handler });
  }

  function destroyWrapper(id, eventName, handler) {
    var c = getCacheForID(id);
    if (!c[eventName]) return false;
    c[eventName] = c[eventName].without(findWrapper(id, eventName, handler));
  }

  function destroyCache() {
    for (var id in cache)
      for (var eventName in cache[id])
        cache[id][eventName] = null;
  }

  if (window.attachEvent) {
    window.attachEvent("onunload", destroyCache);
  }

  return {
    observe: function(element, eventName, handler) {
      element = $(element);
      var name = getDOMEventName(eventName);

      var wrapper = createWrapper(element, eventName, handler);
      if (!wrapper) return element;

      if (element.addEventListener) {
        element.addEventListener(name, wrapper, false);
      } else {
        element.attachEvent("on" + name, wrapper);
      }

      return element;
    },

    stopObserving: function(element, eventName, handler) {
      element = $(element);
      var id = getEventID(element), name = getDOMEventName(eventName);

      if (!handler && eventName) {
        getWrappersForEventName(id, eventName).each(function(wrapper) {
          element.stopObserving(eventName, wrapper.handler);
        });
        return element;

      } else if (!eventName) {
        Object.keys(getCacheForID(id)).each(function(eventName) {
          element.stopObserving(eventName);
        });
        return element;
      }

      var wrapper = findWrapper(id, eventName, handler);
      if (!wrapper) return element;

      if (element.removeEventListener) {
        element.removeEventListener(name, wrapper, false);
      } else {
        element.detachEvent("on" + name, wrapper);
      }

      destroyWrapper(id, eventName, handler);

      return element;
    },

    fire: function(element, eventName, memo) {
      element = $(element);
      if (element == document && document.createEvent && !element.dispatchEvent)
        element = document.documentElement;

      if (document.createEvent) {
        var event = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
        event.initEvent("dataavailable", true, true);
      } else {
        var event = document.createEventObject();
        event.eventType = "ondataavailable";
      }

      event.eventName = eventName;
      event.memo = memo || { };

      if (document.createEvent) {
        element.dispatchEvent(event);
      } else {
        element.fireEvent(event.eventType, event);
      }

      return event;
    }
  };
})());

Object.extend(Event, Event.Methods);

Element.addMethods({
  fire:          Event.fire,
  observe:       Event.observe,
  stopObserving: Event.stopObserving
});

Object.extend(document, {
  fire:          Element.Methods.fire.methodize(),
  observe:       Element.Methods.observe.methodize(),
  stopObserving: Element.Methods.stopObserving.methodize()
});

(function() {
  /* Support for the DOMContentLoaded event is based on work by Dan Webb,
     Matthias Miller, Dean Edwards and John Resig. */

  var timer, fired = false;

  function fireContentLoadedEvent() {
    if (fired) return;
    if (timer) window.clearInterval(timer);
    document.fire("dom:loaded");
    fired = true;
  }

  if (document.addEventListener) {
    if (Prototype.Browser.WebKit) {
      timer = window.setInterval(function() {
        if (/loaded|complete/.test(document.readyState))
          fireContentLoadedEvent();
      }, 0);

      Event.observe(window, "load", fireContentLoadedEvent);

    } else {
      document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",
        fireContentLoadedEvent, false);
    }

  } else {
    document.write("<script id=__onDOMContentLoaded defer src=//:><\/script>");
    $("__onDOMContentLoaded").onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (this.readyState == "complete") {
        this.onreadystatechange = null;
        fireContentLoadedEvent();
      }
    };
  }
})();
/*------------------------------- DEPRECATED -------------------------------*/

Hash.toQueryString = Object.toQueryString;

var Toggle = { display: Element.toggle };

Element.Methods.childOf = Element.Methods.descendantOf;

var Insertion = {
  Before: function(element, content) {
    return Element.insert(element, {before:content});
  },

  Top: function(element, content) {
    return Element.insert(element, {top:content});
  },

  Bottom: function(element, content) {
    return Element.insert(element, {bottom:content});
  },

  After: function(element, content) {
    return Element.insert(element, {after:content});
  }
};

var $continue = new Error('"throw $continue" is deprecated, use "return" instead');

// This should be moved to script.aculo.us; notice the deprecated methods
// further below, that map to the newer Element methods.
var Position = {
  // set to true if needed, warning: firefox performance problems
  // NOT neeeded for page scrolling, only if draggable contained in
  // scrollable elements
  includeScrollOffsets: false,

  // must be called before calling withinIncludingScrolloffset, every time the
  // page is scrolled
  prepare: function() {
    this.deltaX =  window.pageXOffset
                || document.documentElement.scrollLeft
                || document.body.scrollLeft
                || 0;
    this.deltaY =  window.pageYOffset
                || document.documentElement.scrollTop
                || document.body.scrollTop
                || 0;
  },

  // caches x/y coordinate pair to use with overlap
  within: function(element, x, y) {
    if (this.includeScrollOffsets)
      return this.withinIncludingScrolloffsets(element, x, y);
    this.xcomp = x;
    this.ycomp = y;
    this.offset = Element.cumulativeOffset(element);

    return (y >= this.offset[1] &&
            y <  this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight &&
            x >= this.offset[0] &&
            x <  this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth);
  },

  withinIncludingScrolloffsets: function(element, x, y) {
    var offsetcache = Element.cumulativeScrollOffset(element);

    this.xcomp = x + offsetcache[0] - this.deltaX;
    this.ycomp = y + offsetcache[1] - this.deltaY;
    this.offset = Element.cumulativeOffset(element);

    return (this.ycomp >= this.offset[1] &&
            this.ycomp <  this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight &&
            this.xcomp >= this.offset[0] &&
            this.xcomp <  this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth);
  },

  // within must be called directly before
  overlap: function(mode, element) {
    if (!mode) return 0;
    if (mode == 'vertical')
      return ((this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight) - this.ycomp) /
        element.offsetHeight;
    if (mode == 'horizontal')
      return ((this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth) - this.xcomp) /
        element.offsetWidth;
  },

  // Deprecation layer -- use newer Element methods now (1.5.2).

  cumulativeOffset: Element.Methods.cumulativeOffset,

  positionedOffset: Element.Methods.p