InterestEvent

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.

Non-standard: This feature is not standardized. We do not recommend using non-standard features in production, as they have limited browser support, and may change or be removed. However, they can be a suitable alternative in specific cases where no standard option exists.

The InterestEvent interface represents an event that fires when interest is shown or lost on an interest invoker.

This is the event object for the interest and loseinterest events, which fire on the target element when interest is shown or lost, respectively.

Constructor

InterestEvent()

Creates an InterestEvent object.

Instance properties

This interface inherits properties from its parent, Event.

InterestEvent.source Read only

An Element object instance that represents the interest invoker element on which interest was shown or lost to fire the event.

Examples

See the Using interest invokers guide and the interest event reference page for examples.

Specifications

This feature does not appear to be defined in any specification.

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
InterestEvent
Experimental Non-standard
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 142 (Release date: 2025-10-31)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 126 (Release date: 2026-01-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 93 (Release date: 2025-11-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
InterestEvent() constructor
Experimental Non-standard
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 142 (Release date: 2025-10-31)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 126 (Release date: 2026-01-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 93 (Release date: 2025-11-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
source
Experimental Non-standard
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 142 (Release date: 2025-10-31)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 126 (Release date: 2026-01-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 93 (Release date: 2025-11-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 142 (Release date: 2025-10-28)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.

See also