diff --git a/specs/html/spec.js b/specs/html/spec.js
index ff6a19f0..23fe315a 100644
--- a/specs/html/spec.js
+++ b/specs/html/spec.js
@@ -859,3 +859,28 @@ test("Option", function() {
     x = new Option('text1', 'value1');
     x = new Option('text2', 'value2', true, true);
 });
+
+test("Event Handlers Defined", function() {
+    var a=document.createElement("a");
+    ok(a["onfocus"], "html events defined");
+    ok(a["onclick"], "mouse events defined");
+    ok(a["onkeydown"], "keyboard events defined");
+});
+
+test("Event Handlers Invoked on Inline Attributes", function() {
+	try {
+		// enable eval of inline scripts for the duration of this test
+		Envjs.scriptTypes[""]=true;
+		
+	    var a=document.createElement("a");
+	    ok(a, "created anchor tag");
+	    a.setAttribute("onclick", "ok(true,'event invoked on an inline handler');");
+	    
+	    var event = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+	    ok(event, "created event");
+	    event.initEvent('click', true, true);
+	    a.dispatchEvent(event);
+	} finally {
+		Envjs.scriptTypes[""]=false;
+	}
+});
diff --git a/src/event/eventtarget.js b/src/event/eventtarget.js
index 2afc0369..e31d5162 100644
--- a/src/event/eventtarget.js
+++ b/src/event/eventtarget.js
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ function __dispatchEvent__(target, event, bubbles){
             });
         }
         if (target["on" + event.type]) {
-            target["on" + event.type](event);
+            var returnValue=target["on" + event.type](event);
+            if (returnValue === false) {
+            	event.preventDefault();
+            }
         }
         if (bubbles && !event.cancelled){
             __bubbleEvent__(target, event);
diff --git a/src/html/element.js b/src/html/element.js
index 8f992c92..d17e76d7 100644
--- a/src/html/element.js
+++ b/src/html/element.js
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ HTMLElement = function(ownerDocument) {
 
 HTMLElement.prototype = new Element();
 __extend__(HTMLElement.prototype, HTMLEvents.prototype);
+__extend__(HTMLElement.prototype, MouseEvents.prototype);
+__extend__(HTMLElement.prototype, KeyboardEvents.prototype);
 __extend__(HTMLElement.prototype, {
     get className() {
         return this.getAttribute("class")||'';
diff --git a/src/html/htmlevents.js b/src/html/htmlevents.js
index 57f73803..c690638d 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlevents.js
+++ b/src/html/htmlevents.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ var __eval__ = function(script, node){
     if (!script == "" && Envjs.scriptTypes['']){
         // don't assemble environment if no script...
         try{
-            Envjs.eval(node.ownerDocument.ownerWindow, script, script+" ("+node+")");
+        	// wrap the inline handler in a double enclosure so we can correctly handle the return value
+        	// otherwise we get "error evaluating  InternalError: invalid return"
+        	var exec="(function(){var result=(function(){"+script+"})(); return result;})()";
+        	Envjs.eval(node.ownerDocument.ownerWindow, exec, script+" ("+node+")");
         }catch(e){
             console.log('error evaluating %s', e);
         }