CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent: CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent() constructor

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent() constructor returns a new CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent object.

Syntax

js
new CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent(type)
new CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent(type, options)

Parameters

type

A string representing the type of the event. Possible values: "characterboundsupdate".

options Optional

An optional object with the following properties:

rangeStart

A number to set the offset of the first character within the editable text region which this event applies to.

rangeEnd

A number to set the offset of the last character within the editable text region which this event applies to.

Specifications

Specification
EditContext API
# dom-characterboundsupdateevent-constructor

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent() constructor
Experimental

See also