TextUpdateEvent: TextUpdateEvent() constructor

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() constructor returns a new TextUpdateEvent object.

Syntax

new TextUpdateEvent(type)
new TextUpdateEvent(type, options)

A string representing the type of the event. Possible values: "textupdate".

An optional object with the following properties:

updateRangeStart: A number representing the offset of the first character within the editable region text that needs to be updated.
updateRangeEnd: A number representing the offset of the last character within the editable region text that needs to be updated.
text: A string representing the text that needs to be inserted.
selectionStart: A number representing the offset of the selection start within the editable region text.
selectionEnd: A number representing the offset of the selection end within the editable region text.
compositionStart: A number representing the offset of the start of the composition within the editable region text.
compositionEnd: A number representing the offset of the end of the composition within the editable region text.