TextEvent
Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
The TextEvent interface is a legacy UI event interface for reporting changes to text UI elements.
Note:
TextEvent events have been superseded by events such as input, beforeinput, keypress, keyup, and keydown.
Instance properties
This interface also inherits properties from its parent UIEvent, and indirectly from Event.
TextEvent.dataRead only-
Indicates the data associated with the event.
Instance methods
TextEvent.initTextEvent()-
Populates the values of this (new)
TextEventwith the given parameters.
Events list
The following is a list of all TextEvent events:
textinput
Examples
Listen for text input events
You can register a listener for text input events using EventTarget.addEventListener() as follows:
element.addEventListener("textInput", (event) => {
// …
});
Simple logger showing input events
This example listens for a number of events that are fired on an input, including textInput.
The event type and the event data are logged, allowing you to see where textInput is emitted relative to the other events such as those generated by key presses.
HTML
<input placeholder="Enter some text" name="name" />
JavaScript
const input = document.querySelector("input");
input.addEventListener("keypress", updateValue);
input.addEventListener("keyup", updateValue);
input.addEventListener("keydown", updateValue);
input.addEventListener("input", updateValue);
input.addEventListener("beforeinput", updateValue);
input.addEventListener("textInput", updateValue);
function updateValue(e) {
log(`${e.type}: ${e.data}`);
}
Result
Specifications
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Legend
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- Full support
- Full support
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.