Interface Event

An event which takes place in the DOM.

interface Event {
    bubbles: boolean;
    cancelable: boolean;
    cancelBubble: Object;
    composed: boolean;
    currentTarget: EventTarget;
    defaultPrevented: boolean;
    eventPhase: 0 | 2;
    isTrusted: boolean;
    returnValue: boolean;
    srcElement: EventTarget;
    target: EventTarget;
    timeStamp: number;
    type: string;
    composedPath(): [EventTarget?];
    preventDefault(): void;
    stopImmediatePropagation(): void;
    stopPropagation(): void;
}

Hierarchy

  • __Event
    • Event

Properties

bubbles cancelable cancelBubble composed currentTarget defaultPrevented eventPhase isTrusted returnValue srcElement target timeStamp type

Methods

composedPath preventDefault stopImmediatePropagation stopPropagation

Properties

Readonlybubbles

bubbles: boolean

This is not used in Node.js and is provided purely for completeness.

Readonlycancelable

cancelable: boolean

True if the event was created with the cancelable option

cancelBubble

cancelBubble: Object

Alias for event.stopPropagation(). This is not used in Node.js and is provided purely for completeness.

Readonlycomposed

composed: boolean

This is not used in Node.js and is provided purely for completeness.

ReadonlycurrentTarget

currentTarget: EventTarget

Alias for event.target.

ReadonlydefaultPrevented

defaultPrevented: boolean

Is true if cancelable is true and event.preventDefault() has been called.

ReadonlyeventPhase

eventPhase: 0 | 2

This is not used in Node.js and is provided purely for completeness.

ReadonlyisTrusted

isTrusted: boolean

The AbortSignal "abort" event is emitted with isTrusted set to true. The value is false in all other cases.

returnValue

returnValue: boolean

This is not used in Node.js and is provided purely for completeness.

ReadonlysrcElement

srcElement: EventTarget

Alias for event.target.

Readonlytarget

target: EventTarget

The EventTarget dispatching the event

ReadonlytimeStamp

timeStamp: number

The millisecond timestamp when the Event object was created.

Readonlytype

type: string

Returns the type of event, e.g. "click", "hashchange", or "submit".

Methods

composedPath

  • composedPath(): [EventTarget?]

  • Returns an array containing the current EventTarget as the only entry or empty if the event is not being dispatched. This is not used in Node.js and is provided purely for completeness.

    Returns [EventTarget?]

preventDefault

  • preventDefault(): void

  • Sets the defaultPrevented property to true if cancelable is true.

    Returns void

stopImmediatePropagation

  • stopImmediatePropagation(): void

  • Stops the invocation of event listeners after the current one completes.

    Returns void

stopPropagation

  • stopPropagation(): void

  • This is not used in Node.js and is provided purely for completeness.

    Returns void

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