InputEvent
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.
The InputEvent
interface represents an event notifying the user of editable content changes.
Constructor
InputEvent()
-
Creates an
InputEvent
object.
Instance properties
This interface inherits properties from its parents, UIEvent
and Event
.
InputEvent.data
Read only-
Returns a string with the inserted characters. This may be an empty string if the change doesn't insert text (for example, when deleting characters).
InputEvent.dataTransfer
Read only-
Returns a
DataTransfer
object containing information about richtext or plaintext data being added to or removed from editable content. InputEvent.inputType
Read only-
Returns the type of change for editable content such as, for example, inserting, deleting, or formatting text.
InputEvent.isComposing
Read only-
Returns a
Boolean
value indicating if the event is fired aftercompositionstart
and beforecompositionend
.
Instance methods
This interface inherits methods from its parents, UIEvent
and Event
.
InputEvent.getTargetRanges()
-
Returns an array of
StaticRange
objects that will be affected by a change to the DOM if the input event is not canceled.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Input Events Level 2 # interface-InputEvent |
UI Events # interface-inputevent |
Browser compatibility
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