We have a scenario where a custom event would be triggered. Now I want to fire a tag when the custom event is triggered. What I did is: Created a new rule.In events section I used Custom Event from the dropdown.filled Custom Event Type with email_submit(This is the custom event triggered via $(window).trigger('email_submit')).In then section I am triggering one of the extensions(DoubleClick Floodlight).Note: if the use page top event then everything works fine but not with custom event. Please let me know If I am doing something wrong.

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How to trigger custom event in adobe launch rules

We have a scenario where a custom event would be triggered. Now I want to fire a tag when the custom event is triggered. What I did is:

Created a new rule.
In events section I used Custom Event from the dropdown.
filled Custom Event Type with email_submit(This is the custom event triggered via $(window).trigger('email_submit')).
In then section I am triggering one of the extensions(DoubleClick Floodlight).

Note: if the use page top event then everything works fine but not with custom event. Please let me know If I am doing something wrong.

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Best answer by susheel

For now I have done as below. I will keep on adding all events as I find.

$(window).on('event1 event2 event3',function(e) {
  document.body.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(e.type));
});

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There are a few things that I'd try.

1) I tend to use vanilla JS. Try one of these (from the JS console) to see if it solves the issue.

Try this if you want to pass a detail payload with the event.

window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("email_submit", { detail: { foo: "1", bar: "2" } }));

Or this if you just want the event triggered.

window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("email_submit"));

Note that if you need to support IE 11, there is a polyfill required for `CustomEvent`. You'll find it here: https://gomakethings.com/custom-events-with-vanilla-javascript/

2) In DTM, you could not catch a custom event on `window`. I'm not sure if that's still the case with Launch.

Try dispatching on `body` or any element of your choice.

body.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("email_submit", {

detail: { foo: "1", bar: "2" }

}));

You'll need to update your rule in Launch to trigger on `specific element` and `body` as shown below.