web api constructor

InputEvent: InputEvent() constructor

The InputEvent() constructor creates a new InputEvent object.

Syntax

new InputEvent(type)
new InputEvent(type, options)

type
- : A string with the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers set it to beforeinput, or input.
options Optional
- : An object that, in addition of the properties defined in UIEvent(), can have the following properties:
  - inputType Optional
    - : A string specifying the type of change for editable content such as, for example, inserting, deleting, or formatting text.
  - data Optional
    - : A string containing characters to insert. This may be an empty string if the change doesn’t insert text (such as when deleting characters, for example).
  - isComposing Optional
    - : A boolean indicating that the event is part of a composition session, meaning it is after a compositionstart event but before a compositionend event. The default is false.

A new InputEvent object.

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