TextUpdateEvent: text property

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The TextUpdateEvent.text read-only property contains the text that was inserted within the updated range of an {{domxref("EditContext")}}'s textupdate event.

Value

A {{jsxref("String")}} that contains the text that replaces the text contained between the {{domxref("TextUpdateEvent/updateRangeStart", "updateRangeStart")}} and {{domxref("TextUpdateEvent/updateRangeEnd", "updateRangeEnd")}} indexes.

Examples

Using textupdate to display the inserted text and location

<div id="editor"></div>

const editorEl = document.getElementById("editor");
const editContext = new EditContext();
editorEl.editContext = editContext;

editContext.addEventListener("textupdate", (e) => {
  console.log(
    `The user inserted the text "${e.text}" at index ${e.updateRangeStart}.`,
  );
});

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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