CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent: CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent() 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 CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent() constructor returns a new CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent object.

Syntax

new CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent(type)
new CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent(type, options)

A string representing the type of the event. Possible values: "characterboundsupdate".

An optional object with the following properties:

rangeStart: A number to set the offset of the first character within the editable text region which this event applies to.
rangeEnd: A number to set the offset of the last character within the editable text region which this event applies to.

Specification
EditContext API # dom-characterboundsupdateevent-constructor

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent()` constructor Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 121 (Release date: 2024-01-23) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 121 (Release date: 2024-01-25) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 107 (Release date: 2024-02-07) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 121 (Release date: 2024-01-23) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 81 (Release date: 2024-03-14) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 25 (Release date: 2024-04-24) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 121 (Release date: 2024-01-23) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support

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