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,
					true,
					true,
					window,
					1,
					e.pageX,
					e.pageY,
					e.clientX,
					e.clientY,
					e.ctrlKey,
					e.altKey,
					e.shiftKey,
					e.metaKey,
					e.button,
					e.relatedTarget
				);
				
				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;
	}
};