Mutation Observer

Method for observing and reacting to changes to the DOM. Replaces MutationEvents, which is deprecated.

Spec	https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#mutation-observers
Status	WHATWG Living Standard

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			108
		107	107	TP
		106	106	16.1
11	105	105	105	16.0	91
10	104	104	104	15.6	90
9	103	103	103	15.5	89
8	102	102	102	15.4	88
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7	101	101	101	15.2-15.3	87
6	100	100	100	15.1	86
5.5	99	99	99	15	85
	98	98	98	14.1	84
	97	97	97	14	83
	96	96	96	13.1	82
	95	95	95	13	81
	94	94	94	12.1	80
	93	93	93	12	79
	92	92	92	11.1	78
	91	91	91	11	77
	90	90	90	10.1	76
	89	89	89	10	75
	88	88	88	9.1	74
	87	87	87	9	73
	86	86	86	8	72
	85	85	85	7.1	71
	84	84	84	7	70
	83	83	83	6.1	69
	81	82	81	6 (*)	68
	80	81	80	5.1	67
	79	80	79	5	66
	18	79	78	4	65
	17	78	77	3.2	64
	16	77	76	3.1	63
	15	76	75		62
	14	75	74		60
	13	74	73		58
	12	73	72		57
		72	71		56
		71	70		55
		70	69		54
		69	68		53
		68	67		52
		67	66		51
		66	65		50
		65	64		49
		64	63		48
		63	62		47
		62	61		46
		61	60		45
		60	59		44
		59	58		43
		58	57		42
		57	56		41
		56	55		40
		55	54		39
		54	53		38
		53	52		37
		52	51		36
		51	50		35
		50	49		34
		49	48		33
		48	47		32
		47	46		31
		46	45		30
		45	44		29
		44	43		28
		43	42		27
		42	41		26
		41	40		25
		40	39		24
		39	38		23
		38	37		22
		37	36		21
		36	35		20
		35	34		19
		34	33		18
		33	32		17
		32	31		16
		31	30		15
		30	29		12.1
		29	28		12
		28	27		11.6
		27	26 (*)		11.5
		26	25 (*)		11.1
		25	24 (*)		11
		24	23 (*)		10.6
		23	22 (*)		10.5
		22	21 (*)		10.0-10.1
		21	20 (*)		9.5-9.6
		20	19 (*)		9
		19	18 (*)
		18	17
		17	16
		16	15
		15	14
		14	13
		13	12
		12	11
		11	10
		10	9
		9	8
		8	7
		7	6
		6	5
		5	4
		4
		3.6
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
16.1
16.0	all	105	10	64	105	104	11	13.4	18.0	13.1	13.18	2.5
15.6		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		17.0
15.5		4.4		12					16.0
15.4		4.2-4.3		11.5					15.0
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15.2-15.3		4.1		11.1					14.0
15.0-15.1		4		11					13.0
14.5-14.8		3		10					12.0
14.0-14.4		2.3							11.1-11.2
13.4-13.7		2.2							10.1
13.3		2.1							9.2
13.2									8.2
13.0-13.1									7.2-7.4
12.2-12.5									6.2-6.4
12.0-12.1									5.0-5.4
11.3-11.4									4
11.0-11.2
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1 (*)
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

When changing the innerHTML content of a node containing a single CharacterData node, resulting in a single-but-different CharacterData child node, WebKit browsers consider this a characterData mutation of the child CharacterData node, while other browsers consider it a childList mutation of the parent node.

^* Partial support with prefix.

Bugs

• iOS 6 has a WebKitMutationObserver bug: it doesn't trigger "childList" changes until you bind one of the deprecated mutation events (for example, "DOMNodeInserted") to the node being watched by the observer.

• IE11 does not include the child nodes when they are removed by setting the innerHTML see bug.

Resources

• MutationObserver from MDN
• Polyfill