Deprecated
This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
The locale read-only property of the CompositionEvent interface returns the locale of current input method (for example, the keyboard layout locale if the composition is associated with IME).
Syntax
myLocale = CompositionEvent.locale
Value
A DOMString representing the locale of current input method.
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification | Obsolete | No longer in the spec, but still supported. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Update compatibility data on GitHub
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
locale | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 9 | IE Full support Yes | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 9 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.