KeyboardEvent: isComposing property

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 KeyboardEvent.isComposing read-only property returns a boolean value indicating if the event is fired within a composition session, i.e., after compositionstart and before compositionend.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

js
const kbdEvent = new KeyboardEvent("syntheticKey", false);
console.log(kbdEvent.isComposing); // return false

Specifications

Specification
UI Events
# dom-keyboardevent-iscomposing

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
isComposing
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 31 (Release date: 2014-07-22)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 31 (Release date: 2014-07-22)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also