Deprecated
This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
The initCompositionEvent
()
method of the CompositionEvent
interface initializes the attributes of a CompositionEvent
object instance.
Syntax
compositionEventInstance.initCompositionEvent(typeArg, canBubbleArg, cancelableArg, viewArg, dataArg, localeArg)
Parameters
typeArg
- A
DOMString
representing the type of composition event; this will be one ofcompositionstart
,compositionupdate
, orcompositionend
. canBubbleArg
- A
Boolean
specifying whether or not the event can bubble. cancelableArg
- A
Boolean
shether or not the event can be canceled. viewArg
- The
Window
object from which the event was generated. dataArg
- A
DOMString
representing the value of thedata
attribute. localeArg
- A
DOMString
representing the value of thelocale
attribute.
Return value
Void.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification The definition of 'initCompositionEvent()' in that specification. |
Obsolete | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in 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.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
initCompositionEvent | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 9 | IE Full support Yes | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 9 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.