TextUpdateEvent: TextUpdateEvent() constructor
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The TextUpdateEvent() constructor returns a new TextUpdateEvent object.
Syntax
new TextUpdateEvent(type)
new TextUpdateEvent(type, options)
Parameters
type-
A string representing the type of the event. Possible values:
"textupdate". optionsOptional-
An optional object with the following properties:
updateRangeStart-
A number representing the offset of the first character within the editable region text that needs to be updated.
updateRangeEnd-
A number representing the offset of the last character within the editable region text that needs to be updated.
text-
A string representing the text that needs to be inserted.
selectionStart-
A number representing the offset of the selection start within the editable region text.
selectionEnd-
A number representing the offset of the selection end within the editable region text.
compositionStart-
A number representing the offset of the start of the composition within the editable region text.
compositionEnd-
A number representing the offset of the end of the composition within the editable region text.
Specifications
| Specification |
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| EditContext API # dom-textupdateevent-constructor |
Browser compatibility
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TextUpdateEvent() constructor | ||||||||||||
See also
- The
TextUpdateEventinterface it belongs to.