Web/API/InputEvent/data

The data read-only property of the InputEvent interface returns a DOMString with inserted characters. This may be an empty string if the change doesn't insert text, such as when characters are deleted.

Syntax

var aString = inputEvent.data;

Value

A DOMString.

Examples

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.

<p>Some text to copy and paste.</p>

<input type="text">

<p class="result"></p>

var editable = document.querySelector('input');
var result = document.querySelector('.result');

editable.addEventListener('input', (e) => {
  result.textContent = "Inputted text: " + e.data;
});

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Input Events Level 2The definition of 'data' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
data	Chrome Full support 60	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 67	IE No support No	Opera Full support 47	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 60	Chrome Android Full support 60	Firefox Android Full support 67	Opera Android Full support 44	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 8.0

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InputEvent.data by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.