[BUGFIX canary] Honor customEvents opting out of event listeners.

packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js

@@ -123,6 +123,20 @@ var librariesRegistered = false;
   });
   ```
 
+  To prevent Ember from setting up a listener for a default event,
+  specify the event name with a `null` value in the `customEvents`
+  property:
+
+  ```javascript
+  var App = Ember.Application.create({
+    customEvents: {
+      // prevent listeners for mouseenter/mouseleave events
+      mouseenter: null,
+      mouseleave: null
+    }
+  });
+  ```
+
   By default, the application sets up these event listeners on the document
   body. However, in cases where you are embedding an Ember application inside
   an existing page, you may want it to set up the listeners on an element
@@ -243,7 +257,11 @@ var Application = Namespace.extend(RegistryProxy, {
     If you would like additional bubbling events to be delegated to your
     views, set your `Ember.Application`'s `customEvents` property
     to a hash containing the DOM event name as the key and the
-    corresponding view method name as the value. For example:
+    corresponding view method name as the value. Setting an event to
+    a value of `null` will prevent a default event listener from being
+    added for that event.
+
+    To add new events to be listened to:
 
     ```javascript
     var App = Ember.Application.create({
@@ -254,6 +272,17 @@ var Application = Namespace.extend(RegistryProxy, {
     });
     ```
 
+    To prevent default events from being listened to:
+
+    ```javascript
+    var App = Ember.Application.create({
+      customEvents: {
+        // remove support for mouseenter / mouseleave events
+        mouseenter: null,
+        mouseleave: null
+      }
+    });
+    ```
     @property customEvents
     @type Object
     @default null

packages/ember-views/lib/system/event_dispatcher.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import EmberObject from 'ember-runtime/system/object';
 import jQuery from 'ember-views/system/jquery';
 import ActionManager from 'ember-views/system/action_manager';
 import View from 'ember-views/views/view';
-import merge from 'ember-metal/merge';
+import assign from 'ember-metal/assign';
 
 /**
   `Ember.EventDispatcher` handles delegating browser events to their
@@ -29,12 +29,29 @@ export default EmberObject.extend({
 
   /**
     The set of events names (and associated handler function names) to be setup
-    and dispatched by the `EventDispatcher`. Custom events can added to this list at setup
-    time, generally via the `Ember.Application.customEvents` hash. Only override this
-    default set to prevent the EventDispatcher from listening on some events all together.
+    and dispatched by the `EventDispatcher`. Modifications to this list can be done
+    at setup time, generally via the `Ember.Application.customEvents` hash.
 
-    This set will be modified by `setup` to also include any events added at that time.
+    To add new events to be listened to:
 
+    ```javascript
+    var App = Ember.Application.create({
+      customEvents: {
+        paste: 'paste'
+      }
+    });
+    ```
+
+    To prevent default events from being listened to:
+
+    ```javascript
+    var App = Ember.Application.create({
+      customEvents: {
+        mouseenter: null,
+        mouseleave: null
+      }
+    });
+    ```
     @property events
     @type Object
     @private
@@ -129,9 +146,7 @@ export default EmberObject.extend({
   */
   setup(addedEvents, rootElement) {
     var event;
-    var events = get(this, 'events');
-
-    merge(events, addedEvents || {});
+    var events = assign({}, get(this, 'events'), addedEvents);
 
     if (!isNone(rootElement)) {
       set(this, 'rootElement', rootElement);
@@ -172,6 +187,10 @@ export default EmberObject.extend({
     var self = this;
     var viewRegistry = this.container && this.container.lookup('-view-registry:main') || View.views;
 
+    if (eventName === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     rootElement.on(event + '.ember', '.ember-view', function(evt, triggeringManager) {
       var view = viewRegistry[this.id];
       var result = true;

packages/ember-views/tests/system/event_dispatcher_test.js

@@ -312,3 +312,34 @@ QUnit.test('additional events and rootElement can be specified', function () {
 
   jQuery('#leView').trigger('myevent');
 });
+
+QUnit.test('default events can be disabled via `customEvents`', function () {
+  expect(1);
+
+  run(function () {
+    dispatcher.setup({
+      click: null
+    });
+
+    view = View.create({
+      elementId: 'leView',
+
+      null() {
+        // yes, at one point `click: null` made an event handler
+        // for `click` that called `null` on the view
+        ok(false, 'null event has been triggered');
+      },
+
+      click() {
+        ok(false, 'click event has been triggered');
+      },
+
+      doubleClick() {
+        ok(true, 'good event was still triggered');
+      }
+    }).appendTo(dispatcher.get('rootElement'));
+  });
+
+  jQuery('#leView').trigger('click');
+  jQuery('#leView').trigger('dblclick');
+});