TextUpdateEvent: updateRangeStart property
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.updateRangeStart read-only property indicates the start position of the text range that is being replaced in the EditContext object.
Value
A Number.
Examples
Using textupdate to display the inserted text and location
html
<div id="editor"></div>
js
const editorEl = document.getElementById("editor");
const editContext = new EditContext();
editorEl.editContext = editContext;
editContext.addEventListener("textupdate", (e) => {
console.log(
`The user inserted the text "${e.text}" between index ${e.updateRangeStart} and index ${e.updateRangeEnd}.`,
);
});
Specifications
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- Full support
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- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.