Common types used by APIs that dispatch events.
events
Types
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events.Rule -
Description of a declarative rule for handling events.
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events.Event -
An object which allows the addition and removal of listeners for a browser event.
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events.UrlFilter -
Filters URLs for various criteria. If any of the given criteria match, then the whole filter matches.
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 | |
Event |
Yes | 14 | No | ? | Yes | 14 | ? | ? | No | ? | 15 | ? |
Rule |
Yes | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
UrlFilter |
Yes | 79 | 50 | ? | Yes | 14 | ? | ? | 50 | ? | 15 | ? |
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.events API. This documentation is derived from events.json in the Chromium code.
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