The data
read-only property of the InputEvent
interface returns a string with inserted characters. This may be an empty string if the change doesn't insert text, such as when characters are deleted.
The data
read-only property of the InputEvent
interface returns a string with inserted characters. This may be an empty string if the change doesn't insert text, such as when characters are deleted.
A string.
In the following example, an event listener receives the input event. Any textual change to the <input>
element is retrieved by InputEvent.data
and inserted into a paragraph using the Node.textContent
property.
html
<p>Some text to copy and paste.</p> <input type="text" /> <p class="result"></p>
js
const editable = document.querySelector("input"); const result = document.querySelector(".result"); editable.addEventListener("input", (e) => { result.textContent = `Inputted text: ${e.data}`; });
Specification |
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Input Events Level 2 # dfn-data |
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
data |
60 | 79 | 67 | No | 47 | 10.1 | 60 | 60 | 67 | 44 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/InputEvent/data