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events have been superseded by events such as input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
.
This interface also inherits properties from its parent UIEvent
, and indirectly from Event
.
TextEvent.data
Read only Deprecated
Indicates the data associated with the event.
TextEvent.initTextEvent()
Deprecated
Populates the values of this (new) TextEvent
with the given parameters.
The following is a list of all TextEvent
events:
textinput
You can register a listener for text input events using EventTarget.addEventListener()
as follows:
element.addEventListener(
"textInput",
(event) => {
// â¦
},
false,
);
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.
<input placeholder="Enter some text" name="name" />
#log {
height: 140px;
overflow: scroll;
padding: 0.5rem;
border: 1px solid black;
}
JavaScript
const logElement = document.querySelector("#log");
function log(text) {
logElement.innerText = `${logElement.innerText}${text}\n`;
logElement.scrollTop = logElement.scrollHeight;
}
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 Browser compatibility
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HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.4