Gimme.ext.captureMouseEvents = function()
	{
		var elem = this.entities[0];
		if (typeof elem.setCapture !== 'undefined')
		{
			elem.setCapture();
		}
		else
		{
			if (g_capturing)
			{
				this.releaseMouseEvents();
			}
			g_capturing =
			{
				elem: elem
				,reroute: function(e)
				{
					e.stopPropagation();
					
					var synthEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
					synthEvent.initMouseEvent(
						e.type,							// type
						true,							// can bubble?
						true,							// cancelable?
						window,							// always window here
						1,								// mouse click count
						e.pageX,						// event's screen x coordinate (copied from the passed in event)
						e.pageY,						// event's screen y coordinate (copied from the passed in event)
						e.clientX,						// event's client x coordinate (copied from the passed in event)
						e.clientY,						// event's client y coordinate (copied from the passed in event)
						e.ctrlKey,						// whether or not the ctrl key was pressed during the event (copied from the passed in event)
						e.altKey,						// whether or not the alt key was pressed during the event (copied from the passed in event)
						e.shiftKey,						// whether or not the shift key was pressed during the event (copied from the passed in event)
						e.metaKey,						// whether or not the meta key was pressed during the event (copied from the passed in event)
						e.button,						// indicates which button (if any) caused the mouse event (copied from the passed in event)
						e.relatedTarget					// relatedTarget (only applicable for 'mouseover' and 'mouseout' events)
					);
					
					document.removeEventListener(e.type, g_capturing.reroute, true);
					syntheticEvent.originalTarget = e.target;
					elem.dispatchEvent(syntheticEvent);
					document.addEventListener(e.type, g_capturing.reroute, true);
					delete syntheticEvent.originalTarget;				
				}
			}
			
			document.addEventListener('mouseover', g_capturing.reroute, true);
			document.addEventListener('mouseout', g_capturing.reroute, true);
			document.addEventListener('mousemove', g_capturing.reroute, true);
			document.addEventListener('mouseup', g_capturing.reroute, true);
			document.addEventListener('mousedown', g_capturing.reroute, true);
			document.addEventListener('click', g_capturing.reroute, true);
			document.addEventListener('dblclick', g_capturing.reroute, true);
		}
	};
	
	Gimme.ext.releaseMouseEvents = function()
	{
		var elem;
		if (g_capturing !== null)
		{
			elem = g_capturing.elem;
			if (typeof elem.releaseCapture !== 'undefined')
			{
				elem.releaseCapture();
			}
			else
			{
				document.removeEventListener('mouseover', g_capturing.reroute, true);
				document.removeEventListener('mouseout', g_capturing.reroute, true);
				document.removeEventListener('mousemove', g_capturing.reroute, true);
				document.removeEventListener('mouseup', g_capturing.reroute, true);
				document.removeEventListener('mousedown', g_capturing.reroute, true);
				document.removeEventListener('click', g_capturing.reroute, true);
				document.removeEventListener('dblclick', g_capturing.reroute, true);
			}
			
			g_capturing.elem = g_capturing.reroute = g_capturing = null;
		}
	};