The InputEvent
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HTML DOM InputEvent

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The InputEvent Object

Events that occur when an form element's content changes, belongs to the InputEvent Object.


InputEvent Properties and Methods

Property/Method Description
data Returns the inserted characters
dataTransfer Returns an object containing information about the inserted/deleted data
getTargetRanges() Returns an array containing target ranges that will be affected by the insertion/deletion
inputType Returns the type of the change (i.e "inserting" or "deleting")
isComposing Returns whether the state of the event is composing or not

Inherited Properties and Methods

The InputEvent inherits all the properties and methods from:

The UiEvent

The Event Object


Event Types

These event types belongs to the InputEvent Object:

Event Description
oninput The event occurs when an element gets user input

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