InputEvent inputType Property
Example
Return the type of input the event was about:
function myFunction(event) {
let text = event.inputType;
}
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Description
The inputType property returns the type of change that was done by the event.
The inputType property is read-only.
Possible values:
"insertText""insertReplacementText"
"insertLineBreak"
"insertParagraph"
"insertOrderedList"
"insertUnorderedList"
"insertHorizontalRule"
"insertFromYank"
"insertFromDrop"
"insertFromPaste"
"insertTranspose"
"insertCompositionText"
"insertFromComposition"
"insertLink"
"deleteByComposition"
"deleteCompositionText"
"deleteWordBackward"
"deleteWordForward"
"deleteSoftLineBackward"
"deleteSoftLineForward"
"deleteEntireSoftLine"
"deleteHardLineBackward"
"deleteHardLineForward"
"deleteByDrag"
"deleteByCut"
"deleteByContent"
"deleteContentBackward"
"deleteContentForward"
"historyUndo"
"historyRedo"
"formatBold"
"formatItalic"
"formatUnderline"
"formatStrikethrough"
"formatSuperscript"
"formatSubscript"
"formatJustifyFull"
"formatJustifyCenter"
"formatJustifyRight"
"formatJustifyLeft"
"formatIndent"
"formatOutdent"
"formatRemove"
"formatSetBlockTextDirection"
"formatSetInlineTextDirection"
"formatBackColor"
"formatFontColor"
"formatFontName"
Syntax
event.inputType
Technical Details
| Return Value: |
A String. The name of the input action |
|---|
Browser Support
event.inputType is a DOM Level 4 (2015) feature.
It is supported in all modern browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
event.inputType is not supported in Internet Explorer 11 (or earlier).
