fix: inline pointer events now correctly work in Chrome (#11695)

* fix: inline pointer events now correctly work in Chrome

* fix more

.changeset/quiet-cobras-smile.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"svelte": patch
+---
+
+fix: inline pointer events now correctly work in Chrome

packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/attributes.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { DEV } from 'esm-env';
 import { hydrating } from '../hydration.js';
 import { get_descriptors, get_prototype_of, map_get, map_set } from '../../utils.js';
 import { AttributeAliases, DelegatedEvents, namespace_svg } from '../../../../constants.js';
-import { delegate } from './events.js';
+import { create_event, delegate } from './events.js';
 import { autofocus } from './misc.js';
 import { effect, effect_root } from '../../reactivity/effects.js';
 import * as w from '../../warnings.js';
@@ -151,9 +151,13 @@ export function set_attributes(element, prev, next, lowercase_attributes, css_ha
 				if (!delegated) {
 					// we use `addEventListener` here because these events are not delegated
 					if (!prev) {
-						events.push([key, value, () => element.addEventListener(event_name, value, opts)]);
+						events.push([
+							key,
+							value,
+							() => (next[key] = create_event(event_name, element, value, opts))
+						]);
 					} else {
-						element.addEventListener(event_name, value, opts);
+						next[key] = create_event(event_name, element, value, opts);
 					}
 				} else {
 					// @ts-ignore

packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { render_effect } from '../../reactivity/effects.js';
 import { all_registered_events, root_event_handles } from '../../render.js';
 import { define_property, is_array } from '../../utils.js';
 import { hydrating } from '../hydration.js';
+import { queue_task } from '../task.js';
 
 /**
  * SSR adds onload and onerror attributes to catch those events before the hydration.
@@ -34,18 +35,14 @@ export function replay_events(dom) {
  * @param {string} event_name
  * @param {Element} dom
  * @param {EventListener} handler
- * @param {boolean} capture
- * @param {boolean} [passive]
- * @returns {void}
+ * @param {AddEventListenerOptions} options
  */
-export function event(event_name, dom, handler, capture, passive) {
-	var options = { capture, passive };
-
+export function create_event(event_name, dom, handler, options) {
 	/**
 	 * @this {EventTarget}
 	 */
 	function target_handler(/** @type {Event} */ event) {
-		if (!capture) {
+		if (!options.capture) {
 			// Only call in the bubble phase, else delegated events would be called before the capturing events
 			handle_event_propagation(dom, event);
 		}
@@ -54,7 +51,32 @@ export function event(event_name, dom, handler, capture, passive) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	dom.addEventListener(event_name, target_handler, options);
+	// Chrome has a bug where pointer events don't work when attached to a DOM element that has been cloned
+	// with cloneNode() and the DOM element is disconnected from the document. To ensure the event works, we
+	// defer the attachment till after it's been appended to the document. TODO: remove this once Chrome fixes
+	// this bug.
+	if (event_name.startsWith('pointer')) {
+		queue_task(() => {
+			dom.addEventListener(event_name, target_handler, options);
+		});
+	} else {
+		dom.addEventListener(event_name, target_handler, options);
+	}
+
+	return target_handler;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} event_name
+ * @param {Element} dom
+ * @param {EventListener} handler
+ * @param {boolean} capture
+ * @param {boolean} [passive]
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+export function event(event_name, dom, handler, capture, passive) {
+	var options = { capture, passive };
+	var target_handler = create_event(event_name, dom, handler, options);
 
 	// @ts-ignore
 	if (dom === document.body || dom === window || dom === document) {