The CompositionEvent() constructor creates a new CompositionEvent object.
CompositionEvent: CompositionEvent() constructor
Syntax
js
new CompositionEvent(type)
new CompositionEvent(type, options)
Parameters
-
type -
A string with the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers set it to
compositionstart,compositionupdate, orcompositionend. optionsOptional-
An object that, in addition of the properties defined in
UIEvent(), has the following properties:dataOptional-
A string used to initialize the
dataproperty of the newCompositionEvent. Browser-generated events set it to the characters generated by the IME composition.
Return value
A new CompositionEvent object.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| UI Events # dom-compositionevent-compositionevent |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
CompositionEvent |
26 | 12 | 53 | No | 15 | 7 | 4.4 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 7 | 1.5 |
See also
CompositionEvent, the interface of the objects it constructs.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CompositionEvent/CompositionEvent