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InputEvent: inputType property - Web APIs

InputEvent: inputType property

Baseline Widely available *

The inputType read-only property of the InputEvent interface returns the type of change made to editable content. Possible changes include for example inserting, deleting, and formatting text.

Value

A string containing the type of input that was made. There are many possible values, such as insertText, deleteContentBackward, insertFromPaste, and formatBold. For a complete list of the available input types, see the Attributes section of the Input Events Level 2 spec.

Examples

This example logs the inputType for input events on an editable <div>.

HTML
<p id="log">Input type:</p>
<div contenteditable="true" class="sample-text">
  <p>
    Some sample text. Try inserting line breaks, or deleting text in different
    ways, or pasting different content in.
  </p>
  <hr />
  <ul>
    <li>A sample</li>
    <li>bulleted</li>
    <li>list.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Another paragraph.</p>
</div>
CSS
.sample-text {
  margin: 20px;
  padding: 20px;
  border: 2px dashed red;
}
JavaScript
const log = document.getElementById("log");
const editable = document.querySelector("div[contenteditable]");
editable.addEventListener("input", logInputType);

function logInputType(event) {
  log.textContent = `Input type: ${event.inputType}`;
}
Result

Try editing the text inside the <div> and see what happens.

Note: See also Masayuki Nakano's InputEvent test suite for a more detailed example.

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